'I know that you know'—5 ways to help people with aphasia to communicate

by Deborah Hersh,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageAphasia was in the news last week when the family of actor Bruce Willis announced he was stepping back from his career due to communica

Updated on: January 21,2024

'I know that you know'—5 ways to help people with aphasia to communicate

by Deborah Hersh,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageAphasia was in the news last week when the family of actor Bruce Willis announced he was stepping back from his career due to communica

Updated on:January 21,2024

Brain injury expert says important changes still needed to legal definition of death despite reform pause

byNYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAfter surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act,

Updated on: January 11,2024

Brain injury expert says important changes still needed to legal definition of death despite reform pause

byNYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAfter surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act,

Updated on:January 11,2024

Discovery of a disease-specific biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

byUniversity of TsukubaCredit: AI-generated imageSporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) accounts for 90% of all ALS cases. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered that the ed

Updated on: April 09,2024

Discovery of a disease-specific biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

byUniversity of TsukubaCredit: AI-generated imageSporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) accounts for 90% of all ALS cases. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered that the ed

Updated on:April 09,2024

Impact of key Alzheimer's protein depends on type of brain cell in which it is produced

Of all the known genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the strongest is a gene for the protein called ApoE4. People with one copy of this gene are 3.5 times more likely, on average, to develop Alzheimer's than others, and those with two

Updated on: June 05,2024

Impact of key Alzheimer's protein depends on type of brain cell in which it is produced

Of all the known genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the strongest is a gene for the protein called ApoE4. People with one copy of this gene are 3.5 times more likely, on average, to develop Alzheimer's than others, and those with two

Updated on:June 05,2024

From blurry to bright: AI tech helps researchers peer into the brains of mice

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainJohns Hopkins biomedical engineers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) training strategy to capture images of mou

Updated on: February 18,2024

From blurry to bright: AI tech helps researchers peer into the brains of mice

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainJohns Hopkins biomedical engineers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) training strategy to capture images of mou

Updated on:February 18,2024

Team presents new approach to discover targets for Alzheimer's, other diseases with protein phase separation

by InSilico MedicinePET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainRecent research demonstrates that protein phase separation (PPS) is widely present in cells and drives

Updated on: January 07,2024

Team presents new approach to discover targets for Alzheimer's, other diseases with protein phase separation

by InSilico MedicinePET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainRecent research demonstrates that protein phase separation (PPS) is widely present in cells and drives

Updated on:January 07,2024

Alzheimer's treatments: What's on the horizon?

by Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainCurrent Alzheimer's treatments temporarily improve symptoms of memory loss and problems with thinking and reasoning.These Alzheimer's treatm

Updated on: April 18,2024

Alzheimer's treatments: What's on the horizon?

by Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: CC0 Public DomainCurrent Alzheimer's treatments temporarily improve symptoms of memory loss and problems with thinking and reasoning.These Alzheimer's treatm

Updated on:April 18,2024

Moral emotions, a diagnotic tool for frontotemporal dementia?

by IOS PressCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study conducted by Marc Teichmann and Carole Azuar at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris (France) and at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital shows a particul

Updated on: May 20,2024

Moral emotions, a diagnotic tool for frontotemporal dementia?

by IOS PressCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study conducted by Marc Teichmann and Carole Azuar at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris (France) and at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital shows a particul

Updated on:May 20,2024

Transplant from deceased donor with brain tumor appears to be safe

by Elana GotkineThe risk for cancer transmission in transplants from deceased donors with primary brain tumors is low and long-term transplant outcomes are favorable, according to a study published on

Updated on: February 18,2024

Transplant from deceased donor with brain tumor appears to be safe

by Elana GotkineThe risk for cancer transmission in transplants from deceased donors with primary brain tumors is low and long-term transplant outcomes are favorable, according to a study published on

Updated on:February 18,2024

'Visual clutter' alters information flow in the brain, study shows

byYale UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation;

Updated on: November 06,2024

'Visual clutter' alters information flow in the brain, study shows

byYale UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhether we're staring at our phones, the page of a book, or the person across the table, the objects of our focus never stand in isolation;

Updated on:November 06,2024

PET scans uncover smoldering inflammation in MS patients

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalGroup comparisons of lnGALP scores in the CoGM and WM, CoT, and normalized brain volume in MS as compared with HC (A–D); in MS patients on H-DMT (HT) as compared wi

Updated on: April 27,2024

PET scans uncover smoldering inflammation in MS patients

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalGroup comparisons of lnGALP scores in the CoGM and WM, CoT, and normalized brain volume in MS as compared with HC (A–D); in MS patients on H-DMT (HT) as compared wi

Updated on:April 27,2024

Is the brain wired differently in people with addiction?

by Mylène Tremblay,University of MontrealCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSome 10% to 15% of people will have a substance abuse problem at some point in their life, making it one of the most com

Updated on: February 05,2024

Is the brain wired differently in people with addiction?

by Mylène Tremblay,University of MontrealCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSome 10% to 15% of people will have a substance abuse problem at some point in their life, making it one of the most com

Updated on:February 05,2024