Brain SPECT imaging can distinguish between depression and dementia In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers used brain SPECT imaging to look at the brains of 4,541 people. Some had depression, some had dementia and some...
read moreResearchers develop new brain scan analysis to better treat head injuries A team of international researchers has developed a new way to analyze brain scans that uses decompressed layers of the original cluttered brain scan....
read moreHeart risks in middle age boost dementia risk later in life Diabetes, smoking and high blood pressure are all dementia risks, and diabetes in middle age raises the risk almost as much as a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s....
read moreExercise can significantly improve brain function after stroke In a study of 735 stroke survivors, researchers found that structured physical activity training significantly improved cognitive deficits regardless of the length of the program....
read moreVisual evidence that the brain resets during sleep Microscopic images showed researchers how the synapses between two nerve cells shrink during sleep and grow when we’re awake....
read moreOne-fifth of dementia cases may be caused by air pollution Research published in the journal Translational Psychiatry indicates that exposure to high levels of tiny air pollution particles that are up to 2.5 micrometers in diameter increase an older...
read moreCalcium imbalance within brain cells may trigger Alzheimer’s A research team has discovered that in Alzheimer’s-affected tissue, sodium-calcium exchanger levels were extremely low, leaving few transporter proteins to remove calcium ions from a neuron’s mitochondria to prevent an excessive...
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