Vanderbilt recruiting individuals for research on early drivers of Alzheimer's disease
The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center is recruiting individuals age 50 and older to participate in a study researching early ...
Tag: Alzheimer's Disease
Exposure to World Trade Center particulate matter accelerates cognitive deterioration in mice model of Alzheimer's
Mice exposed to World Trade Center dust exhibit a significant impairment in spatial recognition and short- and long-term memory, as ...
Hormone Replacement Therapy could help prevent Alzheimer's Dementia among at-risk women
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) could help prevent Alzheimer's Dementia among women at risk of developing the disease - according to ...
Targeting defective tau proteins may be needed to treat Alzheimer’s patients
In November, researchers reported the drug lecanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The effect was modest, but it has ...
Breached dolphin's brains show neuropathology similar to Alzheimer's
In elderly adults, the most common neurodegenerative disease is Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is also the leading cause of dependency ...
Long-lived Chilean rodent is a useful model of natural sporadic Alzheimer's Disease
Led by researchers from the University of California at Irvine, a new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called ...
_6e98296023b34dfabc133638c1ef5d32-620x480.jpg)
Flexible assemblies of nerve cells appear to be key to successful episodic memory
For the first time, scientists have recorded human nerve cells firing together in flexible assemblies, a process that appears necessary ...
Researchers receive $11 million NIH grant to evaluate a 5-minute dementia screening tool
Investigators at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Health System, Regenstrief Institute, and Indiana University School of Medicine have received ...
Amyloid-PET scanning has misled the FDA into granting approval for Aduhelm
Last year, the FDA gave accelerated approval of the antibody aducanumab (marketed as Aduhelm by Biogen) for the treatment of ...
The brain's claustrum behaves more like a high-speed internet router, research finds
Tucked underneath the brain's outer, wrinkly cortex is a deeply mysterious area, known as the claustrum. This region has long ...
