Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Know these 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's disease
What's typical and what's not?
Apr 19, 2022
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News tagged with memory problems
Medications
Intestinal drug shown to boost memory and cognition
The development of drugs to treat cognitive problems in patients with mental illness may be a step closer after a team of researchers discovered that an existing drug—used to treat constipation—may be able to boost our ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neural link between depression and bad sleep identified
The neural link between depression and sleep problems has been identified for the first time in a new study by researchers at the University of Warwick (UK) and Fudan University (China).
Jul 25, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New study shows the relationship between surgery and Alzheimer's disease
A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease carried out by researchers at the Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL University Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bonn Medical Center, ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover neurons that act as brain 'glue' to recall memories
Scientists have discovered new insights into how our brain stores episodic memories—a type of long-term, conscious memory of a previous experience—that could be critical to the development of new neuroprosthetic devices ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
Regulation of attention and concentration in brain unravelled
(Medical Xpress) -- The prefrontal cortex of the brain is involved in memory processes and the ability to concentrate attentively. Neuroscientists from VU University Amsterdam have shown how and where this occurs in the prefrontal ...
Aug 11, 2011
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Advances in brain imaging settle debate over spread of key protein in Alzheimer's
Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads throughout the brain in Alzheimer's disease - and hence that blocking its spread ...
Jan 5, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study shows memory loss due to cannabis related to harm to mitochondria
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has found what they believe is the source of memory loss in people who smoke marijuana—disruption to mitochondria. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Neuroscience
Study shows maths experts are 'made, not born'
(Medical Xpress)—A new study of the brain of a maths supremo supports Darwin's belief that intellectual excellence is largely due to "zeal and hard work" rather than inherent ability.
Sep 25, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Saving neurons may offer new approach for treating Alzheimer's disease
Treatment with a neuroprotective compound that saves brain cells from dying also prevents the development of depression-like behavior and the later onset of memory and learning problems in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease. ...
Nov 6, 2017
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