Research investigating links between viruses and Alzheimer's was dismissed for years, but now the evidence is building

by Ruth Itzhaki,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageWhen I was about seven or eight, I asserted that I wanted to be a scientist, or so my parents told me years later, even though I would h

Updated on: May 28,2024 3

Research investigating links between viruses and Alzheimer's was dismissed for years, but now the evidence is building

by Ruth Itzhaki,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageWhen I was about seven or eight, I asserted that I wanted to be a scientist, or so my parents told me years later, even though I would h

Updated on:May 28,2024 3

Being bilingual slows brain aging and can prevent Alzheimer's, researcher says

by Miquel Serra Raventós,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainHumans are organized into around 200 nations, yet there are roughly 6,000 languages in existence. It therefore seems ob

Updated on: January 10,2024 16

Being bilingual slows brain aging and can prevent Alzheimer's, researcher says

by Miquel Serra Raventós,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainHumans are organized into around 200 nations, yet there are roughly 6,000 languages in existence. It therefore seems ob

Updated on:January 10,2024 16

Ultrasound enables gene delivery throughout the brain

byRice UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainRice University researchers tested the safety and feasibility of gene delivery to multiple brain regions using a noninvasive, ultrasound-based technique

Updated on: January 07,2024 11

Ultrasound enables gene delivery throughout the brain

byRice UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainRice University researchers tested the safety and feasibility of gene delivery to multiple brain regions using a noninvasive, ultrasound-based technique

Updated on:January 07,2024 11

Older adults with dementia but without close family: Who are they? And who cares for them?

by Janelle Taylor,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageWhat happens toolder adults who do not have close familywhen they developdementia? The truth is, we hardly know.Popu

Updated on: June 11,2024 6

Older adults with dementia but without close family: Who are they? And who cares for them?

by Janelle Taylor,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageWhat happens toolder adults who do not have close familywhen they developdementia? The truth is, we hardly know.Popu

Updated on:June 11,2024 6

Study models how ketamine's molecular action leads to its effects on the brain

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA spectrogram of brain rhythm frequencies over time predicted by the team's model. After a first, moderate dose of ketamine gamma brain rhythm power (w

Updated on: May 30,2024 0

Study models how ketamine's molecular action leads to its effects on the brain

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA spectrogram of brain rhythm frequencies over time predicted by the team's model. After a first, moderate dose of ketamine gamma brain rhythm power (w

Updated on:May 30,2024 0

Brad Pitt believes he has rare 'face blindness' disorder—what is it?

Award-winning actor Brad Pitt believes he suffers from a rare condition that interferes with his ability to recognize people's faces.In a new interview with GQ magazine, Pitt said that he thinks h

Updated on: February 03,2024 16

Brad Pitt believes he has rare 'face blindness' disorder—what is it?

Award-winning actor Brad Pitt believes he suffers from a rare condition that interferes with his ability to recognize people's faces.In a new interview with GQ magazine, Pitt said that he thinks h

Updated on:February 03,2024 16

How frontotemporal dementia changes the brain: Research is untangling its genetic causes

by Fen-Biao Gao,The ConversationCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsAbout55 million people worldwidesuffer from dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. On Feb. 22, 2024, it was reve

Updated on: March 14,2024 12

How frontotemporal dementia changes the brain: Research is untangling its genetic causes

by Fen-Biao Gao,The ConversationCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsAbout55 million people worldwidesuffer from dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. On Feb. 22, 2024, it was reve

Updated on:March 14,2024 12

Restoring normal sleep reduces amyloid-beta accumulation in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

by Baylor College of MedicineThe white line represents a hypnogram that indicates what state the brain is in during your sleeping time: active wake, quiet wake, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, or

Updated on: June 11,2024 6

Restoring normal sleep reduces amyloid-beta accumulation in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

by Baylor College of MedicineThe white line represents a hypnogram that indicates what state the brain is in during your sleeping time: active wake, quiet wake, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, or

Updated on:June 11,2024 6

Decoding movement and speech from the brain of a tetraplegic person

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFive types of grasping hand positions. The team asked the study participant to imagine making these hand movements, and recorded brain activity f

Updated on: February 18,2024 7

Decoding movement and speech from the brain of a tetraplegic person

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyFive types of grasping hand positions. The team asked the study participant to imagine making these hand movements, and recorded brain activity f

Updated on:February 18,2024 7

Seeking Alzheimer's clues from few who escape genetic fate

by Lauran NeergaardDoug Whitney, left, looks at his son, Brian, in Manson, Wash., on Nov. 5, 2022. Doug inherited the same gene mutation that gave Alzheimer's disease to his mother, brother and ge

Updated on: May 13,2024 7

Seeking Alzheimer's clues from few who escape genetic fate

by Lauran NeergaardDoug Whitney, left, looks at his son, Brian, in Manson, Wash., on Nov. 5, 2022. Doug inherited the same gene mutation that gave Alzheimer's disease to his mother, brother and ge

Updated on:May 13,2024 7

Unlikely that high cholesterol or statins increase the risk of dementia

by Cecilie Bakken Høstmark,University of OsloIn professor Kjetil Retterstøl's new study, he found that neither high cholesterol itself nor statins can explain an increased risk of developing

Updated on: June 04,2024 3

Unlikely that high cholesterol or statins increase the risk of dementia

by Cecilie Bakken Høstmark,University of OsloIn professor Kjetil Retterstøl's new study, he found that neither high cholesterol itself nor statins can explain an increased risk of developing

Updated on:June 04,2024 3

What happens when we pass out? Researchers identify new brain and heart connections

by Mario Aguilera,University of California - San DiegoAn image of a heart labeled by vagal sensory neurons. In a new study published in the journalNature, UC San Diego researchers and thei

Updated on: January 11,2024 14

What happens when we pass out? Researchers identify new brain and heart connections

by Mario Aguilera,University of California - San DiegoAn image of a heart labeled by vagal sensory neurons. In a new study published in the journalNature, UC San Diego researchers and thei

Updated on:January 11,2024 14