Research finds memory reactivation — combined with quality sleep — is key — ScienceDaily
For those who rarely forget a face, but struggle with names, the remedy for boosting learning may as near as your pillow.
New research by Northwestern University is the first to document the effect reactivating...
Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and...
A research team led by University of California, Irvine has discovered new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation. The team identified novel functional roles of new circuit...
National Mentoring Month: Mentoring PhD Faculty at UCSF Radiology
In academic radiology, mentoring is important for mentors and mentees. Both provide support and share knowledge with one another while helping mentees reach career and personal goals. The Academic Affairs...
Cannabinoid receptor type 2 agonist JWH-133 decreases cathepsin B secretion and neurotoxicity from HIV-infected...
Cell culture, HIV-1ADA infection, and treatmentsPeripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from healthy women blood donors as part of the NIH/NIGMS SC1 project: “Targeting monocyte/macrophage cathepsin B interactome in HIV-1 neurocognitive disorders”, with...
Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Without Dementia and Dementia in Tremembé, Brazil
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The prevalence of cognitive impairment is insufficiently determined in developing countries. The aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia and dementia in community-dwelling elderly in Brazil.
Methods:...
Psychosis in Alzheimer disease — mechanisms, genetics and therapeutic opportunities
1.Steinberg, M. et al. Point and 5‐year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: the Cache County Study. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 23, 170–177 (2008).PubMed
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Patient and Relative Experiences and Decision-making About Genetic Testing and Counseling for Familial ALS...
Genetic testing and counseling is an emerging part of care for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and their families. This scoping review aimed to map patients’ and relatives’ experiences...
Category Fluency as a Screening Test for Alzheimer Disease in Illiterate and Literate Patients
Brief cognitive tests are widely used for dementia screening, but are usually influenced by education. The present work aimed to determine education-adjusted cut-off scores and correspondent sensitivity (S) and specificity (Sp) values of the...
Key neural mechanism believed to support advanced cognitive abilities discovered — ScienceDaily
Mount Sinai scientists have discovered a neural mechanism that is believed to support advanced cognitive abilities such as planning and problem-solving. It does so by distributing information from single neurons to larger populations of...
Star cells in the brain render memory flexible — ScienceDaily
As we live in a dynamically changing environment, it is important for our brain to not only learn new things but also to modify existing memories. This is commonly referred to as "cognitive flexibility."...
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Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...