An Undergraduate Student Shares Her Summer 2022 RIDR Program Experience
Each summer, the UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging's Research Initiative to promote Diversity in Radiology (RIDR Program) welcomes high school, college, and medical students to participate...
Caspase-1 inhibition improves cognition without significantly altering amyloid and inflammation in aged Alzheimer disease...
Animal studiesThe Swedish (670/671KM→NL) and Indiana (717 V→F) human APP expressing J20 APPSw/Ind transgenic mouse (B6.Cg-Zbtb20Tg(PDGF-APPSwInd/20lms)/2Mmjax, stock No 006293, Jackson Laboratories, ME, USA) was used for these experiments. J20 sperm and female C57BL/6 J wild-type...
Differences in macular vessel density in the superficial plexus across cognitive impairment: the NORFACE...
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Raymond Sze, MD joins UCSF Radiology Leadership
The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Raymond Sze, MD, MAMS, an internationally known leader in the field of pediatric radiology, has...
Remembering W. Richard “Rick” Webb, MD
It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news that emeritus professor W. Richard “Rick” Webb, MD passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022, at his home in Novato...
Discovery of a new function of the cerebellum — ScienceDaily
The cerebellum is known primarily for regulation of movement. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that the cerebellum also plays an important role in remembering emotional experiences. The study appears in...
High risk of developing dementia in Parkinson’s disease: a Swedish registry-based study
Prince, M. et al. The global prevalence of dementia: A systematic review and metaanalysis. Alzheimer’s Dementia 9, 63-75e62 (2013).PubMed
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How the smell of food can enable ‘time travel’ — ScienceDaily
Older people exposed to food flavours from their youth were able to "time travel" back to the past with an enhanced memory of the event.
The research entitled "It took me back 25 years in...
Diverse digital interventions remediate cognitive aging in healthy older adults — ScienceDaily
After a decade of work, scientists at UC San Francisco's Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults.
The games, which co-creator Adam Gazzaley,...
Neuroscientists show that it’s possible to turn the volume down on a negative memory...
You may not realize it, but each time you recall a memory -- like your first time riding a bike or walking into your high school prom -- your brain changes the memory ever...