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April 14, 2025

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Father With Alzheimer's? You May Be More at Risk of Brain Changes

Apr. 9, 2025 — While some studies have suggested that having a mother with Alzheimer's disease may put you more at risk of developing the disease, a new study finds that having a father with the disease may be tied to a greater spread of the tau protein in the ...

ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer's Disease in New Animal Study

Apr. 8, 2025 — Experimental drug NU-9 -- a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- improves neuron health in animal models of Alzheimer's ...

Eye Health Linked to Dementia Risk

Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers discovered the blood vessels at the back of the eye -- called retinal microvasculature -- can show early signs someone is at risk of developing ...

Key Differences Between Visual And Memory-Led Alzheimer's Discovered

Apr. 2, 2025 — Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new ...

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New Insights Into Neurodegeneration Using Human 'Mini Brains'

Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new way that neurons act in neurodegeneration by using human neural organoids -- also known as 'mini-brain' models -- from patients with frontotemporal lobar ...

Blood Test May Rule out Future Dementia Risk

Apr. 2, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the ...

New Study Links Lower Proportions of Certain Sleep Stages to Brain Changes Associated With Alzheimer's Disease

Mar. 31, 2025 — New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the ...

Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia

Mar. 31, 2025 — A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it ...

Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Risk of Dementia

Mar. 26, 2025 — People living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods may be more likely to develop dementia than people living in neighborhoods with fewer disadvantages, according to a new study. The study does not ...

Early Signs of Heart Problems Linked to Smaller Brain Volumes

Mar. 26, 2025 — People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis. The meta-analysis ...

Highly Educated People Face Steeper Mental Declines After Stroke

Mar. 26, 2025 — Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study. The findings suggest that attending higher education may enable people ...

ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia

Mar. 25, 2025 — An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the ...

Study Confirms Accuracy of Blood Test for Early Alzheimer's Detection in Asian Populations

Mar. 24, 2025 — A study has demonstrated the high accuracy of plasma p-tau217 as a blood-based biomarker for detecting abnormal brain beta-amyloid pathology, a ...

Sleepier During the Day? For Some Older People, It's Linked to Twice the Dementia Risk

Mar. 19, 2025 — For women in their 80s, experiencing increasing sleepiness during the day over a five-year period is associated with double the risk of developing ...

Anti-Amyloid Drug Shows Signs of Preventing Alzheimer's Dementia

Mar. 19, 2025 — An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-related dementia in people destined to develop the disease in their 30s, 40s or 50s, according to the results of a new study. The ...

Inflammatory Messenger Fuels Alzheimer's

Mar. 17, 2025 — Researchers have detailed the precise mechanism through which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to Alzheimer's ...

Blood Test Shows Promise for Early Detection of Dementia

Mar. 11, 2025 — For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior ...

Compound Found in Common Herbs Inspires Potential Anti-Inflammatory Drug for Alzheimer's Disease

Mar. 10, 2025 — The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory: 'There's rosemary, that's for remembrance,' says Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. So it is fitting that researchers would ...

Uncovering Dementia's Environmental Triggers

Mar. 7, 2025 — A new study focuses on the powerful role our surroundings play in shaping dementia ...

Brain Mapping Unlocks Key Alzheimer's Insights

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have used a new brain-mapping technique to identify memory-related brain cells vulnerable to protein buildup, a key factor in the development of Alzheimer's disease, an incurable, ...

Alzheimer's Treatment May Lie in the Brain's Own Cleanup Crew

Mar. 6, 2025 — A new study suggests a promising alternative to previous attempts to remove the sticky, toxic amyloid beta plaques from brains with Alzheimer's Disease: enhancing the brain's own immune ...

Among Older Women, Hormone Therapy Linked to Tau Accumulation, a Hallmark of Alzheimer's Disease

Mar. 5, 2025 — A new study has found faster accumulation of tau -- a key indicator of Alzheimer's disease -- in the brains of women over the age of 70 who took menopausal hormone therapy (HT) more than a ...

Consumer Devices Can Be Used to Assess Brain Health

Mar. 4, 2025 — Technology is changing how physicians think about assessing patients and, in turn, how patients expect to be able to measure their own health. Apps designed for smartphones and wearable devices can ...

Key Protein Identified for Understanding and Treating Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 28, 2025 — Researchers have identified a specific form of the tau protein that is responsible for mediating the toxicity of harmful protein clumps in human neurons and thus represents a target for future ...

Nuns Contribute 30 Years of Critical Insight Into Dementia Disorders

Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers published a study analyzing more than 30 years of aging and dementia patterns of 678 ...

Antidepressants Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline in Dementia, Study Suggests

Feb. 25, 2025 — New research suggests that certain antidepressants can accelerate cognitive decline in people with dementia. At the same time, some drugs appear to be less harmful than others, which can help doctors ...

New AI Model Measures How Fast the Brain Ages

Feb. 24, 2025 — A new artificial intelligence model measures how fast a patient's brain is aging and could be a powerful new tool for understanding, preventing and treating cognitive decline and ...

Small Amounts of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Are Associated With Big Reductions in Dementia Risk

Feb. 20, 2025 — A little movement could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, suggests a new ...

Peristaltic Pump Flow Induces Amyloid Formation

Feb. 28, 2025 — Researchers found that peristaltic pump flow mechanically breaks supersaturation to induce amyloid formation by hen egg white lysozyme, a-synuclein, amyloid b 1-40, and b2-microglobulin. The high ...

'Healthy' Vitamin B12 Levels Not Enough to Ward Off Neuro Decline

Feb. 18, 2025 — Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough -- particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for ...

Cracking the Alzheimer's Code: How Brain Trauma Triggers Disease

Feb. 12, 2025 — A study reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that ...

Opening for a New Type of Drug for Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 11, 2025 — A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer's disease could target a specific part of the nerve cell protein tau. This is the finding of new research which also offers a better way to measure the ...

Reasons for Misdiagnosis of Frontotemporal Dementia

Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to ...

Biomarker Test Can Detect Alzheimer's Pathology Earlier

Feb. 10, 2025 — Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological ...