Even mild TBI might raise dementia risk
A large study of veterans in the United States found that the risk of developing dementia more than doubled following mild traumatic brain injury, even without the loss of consciousness....
read moreChanges to the brain’s attention hub may be linked to Alzheimer’s...
Researchers have found a link between the frontoparietal network and the locus coeruleus may stop functioning later in life, making it hard to pay attention under stress....
read moreCholesterol plays a role in Alzheimer’s
A study led by the University of Cambridge found that cholesterol caused amyloid-beta clusters to develop 20 times faster than they would have otherwise....
read moreSerotonin receptor may be the key to boosting memory
Scientists at Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that when serotonin release was increased, mice’s spatial memory improved. If a drug could be designed to enhance serotonin activity in specific receptors in the hippocampus, it may help people retail...
read moreCan beets help Alzheimer’s?
A pigment found in beets called “betanin” may help the keep the brain from accumulating clusters of amino acids called “amyloid beta” that lead to Alzheimer’s....
read moreLow dopamine may indicate early Alzheimer’s
A link between the loss of dopamine-firing cells and the brain’s inability to form new memories has been discovered....
read moreBrain’s “immune memory” may lead to Alzheimer’s...
There’s new evidence that the immune cells of the central nervous system, called “microglia,” can remember inflammation and therefore influence how the cells react to new stimuli and deal with brain plaque....
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