UCSF Radiology’s Staff DEI Committee Fosters Discussion to Fuel Learning
The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging's Staff Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee currently has 13 members and is led by Martin Rawlings-Fein, audio-visual technician, and Cindy Cheng, communications...
UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal CME Program in Hawaii
The UC San Francisco (UCSF) Radiology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging CME course at the Fairmont Orchid Resort and...
Amyloid-associated increases in soluble tau relate to tau aggregation rates and cognitive decline in...
Clinical Memory Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, 205 02, SwedenAlexa Pichet Binette, Nicola Spotorno, Olof Strandberg, Shorena Janelidze, Sebastian Palmqvist, Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, Ruben Smith, Erik Stomrud, Rik Ossenkoppele & Oskar HanssonInstitute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich,...
Identification of potential blood biomarkers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease through immune landscape...
Albert, M. S. et al. The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease: recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement. 7, 270–279...
An animal model of West syndrome exhibits a progressive increase in epileptic spasms and...
West syndrome, the most prevalent type of syndromic epileptic encephalopathy affecting infants, is a devastating and often fatal condition. It is characterized by a triad of symptoms -- seizures/spasms, a signature brain activity between...
Glial cells eating of synapses may enhance learning and memory — ScienceDaily
As our brains develop, cells within it 'eat' neuronal elements to clear out debris, pathogens and help improve efficiency. A recent study showed that motor learning in mice helped enhance the engulfing of synapses...
Morning blue light treatment improves sleep in patients with PTSD — ScienceDaily
People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced better sleep, a reduction in the severity of PTSD symptoms and more effective treatments after exposure to blue light therapy, according to a new study conducted by...
Impaired glymphatic drainage links amyloid and tau to cognitive dysfunction
Impaired glymphatic drainage links amyloid and tau to cognitive dysfunction
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Observational studies in Alzheimer disease: bridging preclinical studies and clinical trials
Alzheimer’s Disease International, Guerchet, M., Prince, M. & Prina, M. Numbers of People with Dementia Worldwide: An Update to the Estimates in the World Alzheimer Report 2015 (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2020).Alzheimer’s Association. 2020 Alzheimer’s...
Dementia and risk of visual impairment in Chinese older adults
Study design, setting and sampleThis 6-year longitudinal observational study was based on the territory-wide community cohort of the Elderly Health Centres (EHCs) of the Department of Health of the Government of Hong Kong, which...