Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key step toward eventually ...
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Chaperone protein imbalance can play a significant role in initiating toxic accumulation of tau in the aging brain—an early step in the development of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders known as ...
Apr 20, 2021
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Memory loss is common after general anesthesia, particularly for events occurring immediately before surgery—a phenomenon called retrograde amnesia. But a new study publishing on April 1st 2021 in the open access journal ...
Apr 1, 2021
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A "cluster" of patients experiencing hallucinations and memory loss has doctors in northeast Canada concerned that they're seeing a new kind of brain disease.
Apr 1, 2021
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Researchers from UCL have shown that brain changes associated with perception and understanding of sounds occur in key regions affected by dementia and may flag early signs of disease. The work looks at the so-called "cocktail ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which involves passing electricity through the brain, remains a controversial psychiatric treatment for depression and other conditions because it can cause side effects such as memory loss ...
Mar 17, 2021
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Odors evoke powerful memories, an experience enshrined in literature by Marcel Proust and his beloved madeleine.
Mar 8, 2021
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Hearing sounds that are linked to positive experiences from the past can considerably increase well-being, reduce depressive moods and alleviate behavioral problems in people with memory loss, a study by the University of ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, Pann-Ghill Suh (President)) announced that Dr. Kea Joo Lee and Dr. You-Na Jang of the Neural Circuits Research Group have identified the mechanism causing synaptic loss in Alzheimer's ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Research from the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College suggests that experiencing high levels of fear about dementia can have harmful effects on older adults' beliefs about their memory and general well-being.
Feb 23, 2021
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