Reducing dementia risks

by Deb BalzerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFormer first lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia. A family statement, posted on The Carter Center website, says that she continues to li

Updated on: April 01,2024

Reducing dementia risks

by Deb BalzerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFormer first lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia. A family statement, posted on The Carter Center website, says that she continues to li

Updated on:April 01,2024

Discovery of cilia defects in ALS patients suggests new treatment path

byVIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)Motor neurons with damaged primary cilia (green) from patients with the C21orf2 mutation. Credit: VIBAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a deva

Updated on: January 15,2025

Discovery of cilia defects in ALS patients suggests new treatment path

byVIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)Motor neurons with damaged primary cilia (green) from patients with the C21orf2 mutation. Credit: VIBAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a deva

Updated on:January 15,2025

Protein droplets likely don't cause Parkinson's, study suggests

byPaul Scherrer InstituteCredit:Advanced Science(2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308279Liquid-liquid phase separation is not a precursor to formation of amyloid fibrils, a pathological h

Updated on: July 17,2024

Protein droplets likely don't cause Parkinson's, study suggests

byPaul Scherrer InstituteCredit:Advanced Science(2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308279Liquid-liquid phase separation is not a precursor to formation of amyloid fibrils, a pathological h

Updated on:July 17,2024

How gut neurons communicate with the brain to control thirst

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFig. 1: The vagus nerve responds to visceral osmolality changes. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04359-5Drinking a glass of water is often suffic

Updated on: February 05,2024

How gut neurons communicate with the brain to control thirst

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFig. 1: The vagus nerve responds to visceral osmolality changes. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04359-5Drinking a glass of water is often suffic

Updated on:February 05,2024

Newly discovered mechanism in mitochondria could lead to new treatment for muscle disorders

byUniversity of CopenhagenCredit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54183-4Researchers have discovered a mechanism in our cells that is essential to energy producti

Updated on: December 23,2024

Newly discovered mechanism in mitochondria could lead to new treatment for muscle disorders

byUniversity of CopenhagenCredit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54183-4Researchers have discovered a mechanism in our cells that is essential to energy producti

Updated on:December 23,2024

White matter integrity disrupted in people with Alzheimer's gene mutation

by Radiological Society of North AmericaCortical areas involved with each of the three distributed cortical association networks analyzed are displayed on an inflated brain surface, viewed from t

Updated on: April 20,2024

White matter integrity disrupted in people with Alzheimer's gene mutation

by Radiological Society of North AmericaCortical areas involved with each of the three distributed cortical association networks analyzed are displayed on an inflated brain surface, viewed from t

Updated on:April 20,2024

Older adults with dementia exhibit financial 'symptoms' up to six years before diagnosis

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Federal Reserve

Updated on: June 11,2024

Older adults with dementia exhibit financial 'symptoms' up to six years before diagnosis

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Federal Reserve

Updated on:June 11,2024

Energy storehouses in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's, targets of new therapy

by Arizona State UniversityDiego Mastroeni is a researcher in the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center. Credit: Biodesign Institute at Arizona State UniversityAlzheimer's dise

Updated on: May 18,2024

Energy storehouses in the brain may be source of Alzheimer's, targets of new therapy

by Arizona State UniversityDiego Mastroeni is a researcher in the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center. Credit: Biodesign Institute at Arizona State UniversityAlzheimer's dise

Updated on:May 18,2024

Personality changes during transition to developing mild cognitive impairment

by American Geriatrics SocietyA key feature of Alzheimer's disease is memory loss and losing one's ability to think and make decisions (also called "cognitive ability"). Those c

Updated on: March 07,2024

Personality changes during transition to developing mild cognitive impairment

by American Geriatrics SocietyA key feature of Alzheimer's disease is memory loss and losing one's ability to think and make decisions (also called "cognitive ability"). Those c

Updated on:March 07,2024

BACE-Inhibitor successfully tested in Alzheimer's animal model

by Technical University MunichMarc Aurel Busche at the two-photon microscope, which allows to visualize nerve cells with high temporal and spatial resolution in the intact brain. Credit: Kurt Bau

Updated on: March 19,2024

BACE-Inhibitor successfully tested in Alzheimer's animal model

by Technical University MunichMarc Aurel Busche at the two-photon microscope, which allows to visualize nerve cells with high temporal and spatial resolution in the intact brain. Credit: Kurt Bau

Updated on:March 19,2024

Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMIT neuroscientists have discovered that the adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses"—im

Updated on: February 05,2024

Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMIT neuroscientists have discovered that the adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses"—im

Updated on:February 05,2024

Vesicles that trap amyloid appear to also contribute to Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Erhard Bieberich, neuroscientist in the MCG Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine and the study's corresponding author. C

Updated on: April 29,2024

Vesicles that trap amyloid appear to also contribute to Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Erhard Bieberich, neuroscientist in the MCG Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine and the study's corresponding author. C

Updated on:April 29,2024