Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, multiple studies suggest
Credit: Alzheimer's Association DENVER, JULY 26, 2021 -- Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according ...
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Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Credit: Sur Lab/ MIT Picower Institute Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for ...
Device cracks milk protein
'Refolding' molecules to support medical solutionsCredit: Flinders University After gaining world attention by 'unboiling' egg protein, Flinders University scientists have ...
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi receives Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research
Presented by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)Credit: image courtesy of UW Medicine New York, NY - The American ...
Metal-based molecules show promise against the build-up of Alzheimer’s peptides
Credit: Imperial College London In lab tests, Imperial researchers have created a metal-based molecule that inhibits the build-up of a ...
New Alzheimer’s treatment targets identified
Study points to FDA-approved drugs that have potential to slow or reverse brain damageCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A ...
New signaling pathway could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
The study has uncovered a signaling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damageCredit: Torsten Bossing, University of ...
Memory making involves extensive DNA breaking
Credit: Rose Lincoln/MIT PIcower Institute The urgency to remember a dangerous experience requires the brain to make a series of ...
Discovery of nanosized molecules that might inhibit Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
Credit: Mattias Pettersson Nanosized molecules of a particular chemical element can inhibit the formation of plaque in the brain tissues. ...
Human stem cells enable model to test drug impact on brain’s blood barrier
Credit: Saskia Ludwig Using an experimental model to simulate the blood-brain barrier, scientists in Sweden reported in unprecedented detail how ...
Grant awarded to determine if meningitis and sepsis increase Alzheimer’s risk
Credit: Rogelio Castro/UTHealth The role of peripheral and brain infections in the development of Alzheimer's disease is the focus of ...
IU School of Medicine receives $30 million NIA grant for Alzheimer’s, dementia research
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD) located at IU School of Medicine has been continuously funded ...
LSL60101 compound reduces neuroinflammation and improves cognition
I2 imidazoline receptors as targets in the fight against Alzheimer'sCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The LSL60101 compound, a specific ligand of ...
HKUST scientists develop simple blood test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: HKUST An international research team led by HKUST has developed a simple but robust blood test from Chinese patient ...