Alzheimer's Research

In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano,...

ReagentsAβ(1–42) peptides were synthesized using solid-phase peptide synthesis as previously reported13. Thioflavin T (ThT, catalog# T3516), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, catalog# D8418), BSA (bovine serum albumin, catalog# A3059-100G), RIPA buffer (radio immunoprecipitation assay buffer, catalog#...

Background Studies comparing Alzheimer Special Care Units (ASCUs) with traditional nursing homes (NHs) have reported conflicting results. Objectives To compare the characteristics and the effects on mortality, hospitalization, use of physical restraints, falls, and antipsychotics...

Introduction: To compare the 12-month choroidal thickness (CT) change between Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and normal subjects. Methods: In this prospective, observational study, 39 patients with a diagnosis of mild to moderate AD and 39...

Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls habitual seeking behaviors such as addiction. A recent study by Professor Sue-Hyun Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering revealed that a long-term value...

1.Kuhn, J. et al. Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in Alzheimer’s dementia. Mol. Psychiatry 20, 353–360 (2015).CAS  PubMed  Article  PubMed Central  ...

Participants: BLSAThe BLSA is a prospective cohort study that began at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in 195859,60.Evaluations are scheduled every two years. As of 2003 participants over the age of 80 are...

1.Lin, M. Y. et al. Vision impairment and combined vision and hearing impairment predict cognitive and functional decline in older women. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 52, 1996–2002. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52554.x (2004).Article  PubMed  ...

A new study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has established that Intermittent Fasting (IF) is an effective means of improving long term memory retention and generating...

What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over the years, and now a team of researchers at the Universities...