FAU Medicine Ushers in New Research Phase to Prevent Dementia
Newswise — By 2050, approximately 16 million Americans and 60 million people worldwide will be affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders (ADRD), which include Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Parkinson’s disease, vascular dementia...
Weak brain waves may warn of age-related neurodegenerative disease
Newswise — Weakened electrical signals in the brain may be an early warning sign of age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, suggests a study published today in eLife.The findings hint at new ways to...
Gut hormone blocks brain cell formation and is linked to Parkinson’s dementia — ScienceDaily
A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia...
Ensuring Timely, Appropriate And Equitable Access To Aduhelm
CHICAGO, July 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aduhelm has been approved for use for those with Mild Cognitive Impairment or early stage Alzheimer's dementia. This treatment offers a marginal but potentially meaningful slowing of decline for...
Unique mini-microscope provides insight into complex brain functions
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (04/05/21) — Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and Medical School have developed a unique head-mounted mini-microscope device that allows them to image complex...
Alzheimer’s subtypes could affect future treatments, Mayo Clinic researchers find
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Scientists Create Tool to Detect Genes Associated with Psychiatric, Brain Diseases
Newswise — CHAPEL HILL, NC – March 9, 2020 – Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues created a new computational tool called H-MAGMA to study the genetic underpinnings of nine brain...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...