Oxytocin: The love hormone that holds the key to better memory

byTokyo University of ScienceResearchers discovered that activating a specific group of oxytocin neurons in the mouse brain improves performance in novel object recognition tasks. Credit: Akiyos

Updated on: March 13,2024

Oxytocin: The love hormone that holds the key to better memory

byTokyo University of ScienceResearchers discovered that activating a specific group of oxytocin neurons in the mouse brain improves performance in novel object recognition tasks. Credit: Akiyos

Updated on:March 13,2024

Partially sighted may be at higher risk of dementia

by Anglia Ruskin UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainOlder people with vision loss are significantly more likely to suffer mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to dementia, accordin

Updated on: May 05,2024

Partially sighted may be at higher risk of dementia

by Anglia Ruskin UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainOlder people with vision loss are significantly more likely to suffer mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to dementia, accordin

Updated on:May 05,2024

Genetic 'whiteout' offers hope to children living with dementia

by Murdoch UniversityChildren living with dementia have the same symptoms as adults with dementia, in that they are losing memories and face a gradual decline in health, with most not reaching ad

Updated on: June 14,2024

Genetic 'whiteout' offers hope to children living with dementia

by Murdoch UniversityChildren living with dementia have the same symptoms as adults with dementia, in that they are losing memories and face a gradual decline in health, with most not reaching ad

Updated on:June 14,2024

Team succeeds in determining the exact moment when the brain detects another person's gaze direction

byUniversity of GenevaExperimental paradigm and stimuli. Credit:NeuroImage(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120659The gaze plays a central role in everyday social interactions.

Updated on: July 05,2024

Team succeeds in determining the exact moment when the brain detects another person's gaze direction

byUniversity of GenevaExperimental paradigm and stimuli. Credit:NeuroImage(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120659The gaze plays a central role in everyday social interactions.

Updated on:July 05,2024

Helping dementia patients recall grandchildren's names

by Northwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA novel telemedicine speech therapy program for people with language problems due to dementia significantly improved their ability to recall wor

Updated on: April 25,2024

Helping dementia patients recall grandchildren's names

by Northwestern UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA novel telemedicine speech therapy program for people with language problems due to dementia significantly improved their ability to recall wor

Updated on:April 25,2024

New insights into the molecular mechanisms behind the action of secretagogin

byKarolinska InstitutetThe vesicular release of neurotransmitters and hormones relies on the SNARE-complex formed by three proteins: VAMP (blue), Syntaxin (pink) and SNAP-25 (green). Secretagoin

Updated on: April 28,2024

New insights into the molecular mechanisms behind the action of secretagogin

byKarolinska InstitutetThe vesicular release of neurotransmitters and hormones relies on the SNARE-complex formed by three proteins: VAMP (blue), Syntaxin (pink) and SNAP-25 (green). Secretagoin

Updated on:April 28,2024

Alzheimer's drug trial shows 'evidence of sustained improvement'

by University of AberdeenRelationship between steady-state plasma levels of hydromethylthionine and decline on the ADAS-Cog11scale over 65 weeks in 566 participants receiving hydromethylthi

Updated on: April 16,2024

Alzheimer's drug trial shows 'evidence of sustained improvement'

by University of AberdeenRelationship between steady-state plasma levels of hydromethylthionine and decline on the ADAS-Cog11scale over 65 weeks in 566 participants receiving hydromethylthi

Updated on:April 16,2024

Promising Alzheimer's drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies

byLancaster UniversityThe brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to swell

Updated on: October 21,2024

Promising Alzheimer's drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies

byLancaster UniversityThe brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to swell

Updated on:October 21,2024

Alzheimer's disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice

by RIKENMRI scans of CAPON-overexpressing mouse brains scanned 7 days and 3 months after CAPON cDNA introduction to AD mice. Credit: RIKENA new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) ha

Updated on: April 07,2024

Alzheimer's disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice

by RIKENMRI scans of CAPON-overexpressing mouse brains scanned 7 days and 3 months after CAPON cDNA introduction to AD mice. Credit: RIKENA new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) ha

Updated on:April 07,2024

Genetic and non-genetic resilience against memory decline and Alzheimer's

by Alzheimer's Research UKResearchers across the world are keen to understand why some people experience memory decline or diseases like Alzheimer's, while others don't. At AAIC2016,

Updated on: March 07,2024

Genetic and non-genetic resilience against memory decline and Alzheimer's

by Alzheimer's Research UKResearchers across the world are keen to understand why some people experience memory decline or diseases like Alzheimer's, while others don't. At AAIC2016,

Updated on:March 07,2024

How a common food ingredient can take a wrong turn, leading to arthritis

by Mark Harden,CU Anschutz Medical CampusGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI167671A University of Colorado Department of Medicine fac

Updated on: March 19,2024

How a common food ingredient can take a wrong turn, leading to arthritis

by Mark Harden,CU Anschutz Medical CampusGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI167671A University of Colorado Department of Medicine fac

Updated on:March 19,2024

Large collaboration yields unprecedented 'live' view into the brain's complexity

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaLIONESS delineates the complexity of dense brain tissue. a: Complex neuronal environment b: LIONESS can image and reconstruct the sample in a way tha

Updated on: February 18,2024

Large collaboration yields unprecedented 'live' view into the brain's complexity

by Institute of Science and Technology AustriaLIONESS delineates the complexity of dense brain tissue. a: Complex neuronal environment b: LIONESS can image and reconstruct the sample in a way tha

Updated on:February 18,2024