Two sides of a coin: Our own immune cells damage the integrity of the blood-brain barrier
Credit: Hiroaki Wake The blood-brain barrier is a layer of cells that covers the blood vessels in the brain and ...
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Revving habits up and down, new insight into how the brain forms habits
Credit: Image provided by study co-authors Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as ...
Scientists discover new clue behind age-related diseases and food spoilage
Exotic molecule linked to ozone also at work in chronic diseases and cancers, and even the decomposition of foodCredit: Marilyn ...
Temple’s Dr. Silvia Fossati awarded $500,000 grant for Alzheimer’s drug discovery research
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Silvia Fossati, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Director of the ...
Brain cells protect muscles from wasting away
A mere four glial cells in roundworm perk up stress response in periphery, doubling lifespanCredit: Ashley Frakes, UC Berkeley While ...
Two grants will fund research into neurotechnology, drug delivery system
Two grants will fund interdisciplinary research, including a look at how neurons and muscle cells communicate with each other and ...
Hispanics/Latinos underrepresented in Alzheimer’s disease research
UH researcher to increase health literacy among largest US minorityCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is working ...
Neighborhood features and one’s genetic makeup interact to affect cognitive function
FAU study first to examine how neighborhood environment affects cognition based on one's genetic risk for Alzheimer's, dementiaCredit: Florida Atlantic ...
Researchers discover how cells clear misfolded proteins from tissues
Credit: Itakura et al., 2020 Researchers in Japan have identified a new quality control system that allows cells to remove ...
Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report
Credit: Alzheimer Europe Brussels, 18 February 2020 - Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP ...
Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia
University of South Florida study suggests a new approach to inhibit the buildup of brain damaging tau tangles associated with ...
Subtle decline in cognition predicts progression to Alzheimer’s pathology
Abnormal levels of beta-amyloid plaques in brain predict cognitive decline and higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but study also ...
New Brazilian study describes neural inflammatory processes in lab-developed human cells
Astrogliosis, an inflammation that occurs in the brain tissue, is common to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Pablo Trindade Astrocytes are ...
Timing of brain cell death uncovers a new target for Alzheimer’s treatment
Credit: Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute and Center for Brain Integration Research, TMDU Researchers led by Tokyo Medical and ...
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