Experts: Coordinated Action Needed to Avert a Brain Disease Crisis
Experts are calling for a public health campaign aimed at promoting a ‘brain-healthy lifestyle’ to reduce the risk of developing neurodegenerative brain diseases, such as…
Alzheimer’s
Long Before Alzheimer’s Symptoms, Plaque Emerges Deep in the Brain [Video]
Long before symptoms like memory loss even emerge, the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, such as an accumulation of amyloid protein plaques, is well underway…
Common Nutrient Supplement May Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
In a new study, Biodesign researchers reveal that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Choline is a…
Is Alzheimer’s Disease Caused by Copper?
A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between copper protein molecules in brain cells and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. “Scientists have studied Alzheimer’s…
Warning: Commonly Used Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Doubles Risk of Hospitalization
A drug commonly used to manage symptoms of Alzheimer disease and other dementias — donepezil — is associated with a two-fold higher risk of hospital…
Neural Implants and the Future of Mind Control
Why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat Alzheimer’s disease or post-traumatic stress disorder, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities. Recently, Charles…
Hearing Aids May Help Reduce Risks of Dementia, Depression, and Falls
Use of hearing aids was linked with lower risks of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, and injurious falls in an analysis of medical…
Brain Damage From Adolescent Alcohol Exposure in Rats Reversed by Alzheimer’s Drug
Results offer clues to how adolescent binge drinking changes learning and memory in young adults. A drug used to slow cognitive decline in adults with…
MIT Scientists Achieve New Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Research
Study finds that Alzheimer’s damage allows toxins to enter the brain, further harming neurons. Beta-amyloid plaques, the protein aggregates that form in the brains of…
‘Protein Coat’ Makes Viruses More Infectious, Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
New research from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet shows that viruses interact with proteins in the biological fluids of their host which results in a…
Drinkable Cocktail Interferes with Alzheimer’s and Restores Memories
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice,…
Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis — inducing the production of new neurons — in the brain structure…
New Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Directly Measures Synaptic Loss
Yale researchers have tested a new method for directly measuring synaptic loss in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The method, which uses PET imaging technology to…
Neuroscientists Link APOE4 Gene to Alzheimer’s
People with a gene variant called APOE4 have a higher risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease: APOE4 is three times more common among Alzheimer’s patients…
Variation of PM20D1 Gene Linked To Increased Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
An article published in Nature Medicine with the collaboration of the research group of Dr. Manel Esteller, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program…
Biochemists Discover A New Target For Patients With Diabetes
Focusing on a simple hormone in us all, a Yale researcher has found specific forms of it that poke toxic holes in cells — a…
Boosting TREM2 Protein Levels Improves Alzheimer’s Symptoms
Scientists have known for about five years that mutations in the gene TREM2 increase a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now, UCLA researchers have…
Shining Molecules Detect Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease
Small shining molecules developed by scientists at Linköping University in Sweden can be designed to distinguish between plaque of different proteins in the brain. They…