Alzheimer's Research

Objective: This study examined the extent to which chronic comorbidities contribute to excess health care expenditures between older adults with dementia and propensity score (PS)-matched nondementia controls. Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, PS-matched case...

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterised by progressive decline in visual processing and other posterior cognitive functions, relatively preserved memory and language in the early stages, and atrophy of posterior brain...

The "circuit" metaphor of the brain is as indisputable as it is familiar: Neurons forge direct physical connections to create functional networks, for instance to store memories or produce thoughts. But the metaphor is...

Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.This is a summary of: McKay, N. S. et al. Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging methods...

Monitoring and controlling one's own learning process objectively is essential for improving one's learning abilities. This ability, often referred to as "learning to learn" or "metacognition," has been studied in educational psychology. Owing to...

Minor hallucinations in early Parkinson’s disease: are they benign? Read more...

People living with dementia (PLWD) may experience the episodes of lucidity (ELs), defined as a sudden return of abilities presumed to have been lost and presenting as meaningful communication and connection. Early research on...

A team of investigators from the Abuabara Lab at UC San Francisco, UCSF Radiology and the University of Arizona reviewed available literature on skin sodium to investigate its connection to...

The authors have carried out and presented this study in line with the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), as detailed in Supplementary Table 241. The protocol for...

Homozygous mutations in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) gene are known to cause Nasu-Hakola disease, which is a rare cause of progressive presenile dementia. Read more...