Choline Acetyltransferase 2384G>A Polymorphism and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease
The potential association between choline acetyltransferase (CHAT) polymorphism and the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) has been controversial. We examined the main effect of CHAT polymorphism and its interaction with apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism...
During sleep, brain regions synchronize to create motor memory — ScienceDaily
When the Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during...
No difference in cerebral perfusion between the wild-type and the 5XFAD mouse model of...
Formal approval to conduct the current experiments was obtained from the the Dalhousie University Committee on Laboratory Animals (Protocol No. 15-070) and the Dalhousie University Radiation Safety Committee, overseen by the Canadian Nuclear Safety...
Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD Appointed Modality Director for MRI
The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD, will serve as Modality Director for MRI effective January 1, 2023. Dr....
Neuroscientists uncover brain mechanism that enables mice to rapidly escape to shelter location —...
Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL have revealed a brain mechanism that mice use to instinctively escape to shelter when faced with a threat. This is the...
Right Temporal Lobe Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia: Systematic Review
Frontotemporal dementia corresponds to a heterogenous group of syndromes characterized by progressive changes in behavior and/or language. Approximately 30% of patients with primary progressive aphasia, semantic variant (semantic dementia), present with atrophy in the...
Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, Named a Top Female Scientist in the U.S.
The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Sharmila Majumdar, PhD, a professor and vice chair of research at UCSF Radiology, has been named...
Three-week Nutritional Supplementation Effect on Long-term Nutritional Status of Patients With Mild Alzheimer Disease
Short-term nutritional supplements enable an improvement in Alzheimer patients’ nutritional status, but it remains to be seen whether they will be sufficient to improve long-term nutritional status. The aim of this study was to...
GAD65 Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Cause of Rapidly Evolving Frontotemporal Atrophy
We describe a patient who presented with subacute onset of short-memory impairment, disorientation, and gait instability, with progressive deterioration. Workup demonstrated glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody–related encephalitis. Aggressive immunotherapy with high-dose intravenous corticoids, followed by...
Register Now for the Breast Imaging CME Program in Hawaii
The UC San Francisco (UCSF) Radiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program will be hosting the UCSF Breast Imaging CME course at the Fairmont Orchid Resort and Spa on the Big Island of Hawaii. We...