Altered abundances of human immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G subclasses in Alzheimer’s disease frontal...
The relationship between the immune system and the progression of AD has recently been investigated12,13. However, the association between various Ig isotypes and subclasses in AD parenchyma has not been evaluated. By examining fresh-frozen...
Natural aging and Alzheimer’s disease pathology increase susceptibility to focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier opening
Study designThis study was conducted exclusively in mice in compliance with protocols approved by Columbia University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. All methods reported herein are compliant with ARRIVE guidelines. Each subject underwent...
Insomnia in midlife may manifest as cognitive problems in retirement age — ScienceDaily
The Helsinki Health Study at the University of Helsinki investigated the development of insomnia symptoms in midlife and their effects on memory, learning ability and concentration after retirement. The follow-up period was 15-17 years.
According...
Welcoming Thomas Yohannan, MD, to UCSF’s Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics Division
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to welcome Thomas Yohannan, MD, to the Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics division as Associate Professor.
Dr. Yohannan...
Researchers discover new classes of RNA for learning and memory
Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered a new way ribonucleic acid (RNA) impacts fear-related learning and memory.
Professor Timothy Bredy from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute said this is an exciting example of RNA's...
Police Interactions Among Neuropathologically Confirmed Dementia Patients: Prevalence and Cause
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The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the prevalence and recurrence of police interaction (PI) with patients diagnosed with dementia. We also aimed to study the reason behind the PI,...
Learning and memory problems were linked to defective cilia — ScienceDaily
Mice with symptoms that mimic Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) have difficulty with learning and generating new neurons in the hippocampus. However, according to a new study by Thomas Pak, Calvin Carter, and Val Sheffield of...
Human-like intelligence could be physical — ScienceDaily
An international team led by scientists at the University of Sydney has demonstrated nanowire networks can exhibit both short- and long-term memory like the human brain.
The research has been published today in the journal...
M1 muscarinic receptor is a key target of neuroprotection, neuroregeneration and memory recovery by...
1.Alzheimer’s Association. 2018 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures. Alzheimers Dement. 14, 367–429, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.02.001 (2018).2.Maloney, B. & Lahiri, D. K. Epigenetics of dementia: understanding the disease as a transformation rather than a state. Lancet Neurol....
These oldest-old are also less susceptible to other types of neurodegenerative changes — ScienceDaily
A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that the oldest-old, those who live to be 90+ and have superior cognitive skills, have similar levels of brain pathology as Alzheimer's patients, however,...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
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...