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WASHINGTON--Adopting a plant-based diet can help promote healthful aging and mitigate the global burden of disease, according to an editorial published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Researchers with the Physicians…

Credit: Debra Marshall/VIDO-InterVac Scientists from the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Temple University (Philadelphia, U.S.)…

Researchers from IRB Barcelona, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute - Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (SJD) have set up Gate2Brain, a company based on a novel technology developed at IRB Barcelona to…

Dr. Eugenia Trushina of Mayo Clinic Rochester selected for late-stage preclinical work in preserving aging neurons NEW YORK, NY (July 8, 2020) - The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and Harrington Discovery Institute at…

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of AD research published in the Journal of Alzheimer's DiseaseCredit: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Amsterdam, July 8, 2020 - The Journal of Alzheimer's…

Older adults with both hearing and visual impairments--or dual sensory impairment--had a significantly higher risk for dementia in a recent study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.…

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns $2.8 million grant to study cerebrovascular changes during healthy and Alzheimer's agingCredit: Virginia Tech Scientists often focus on abnormal accumulations of proteins called…

COLUMBIA, SC -- Research from University of South Carolina associate professor Saurabh Chatterjee's laboratory in Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, and led by Ayan Mondal, a postdoctoral researcher from the…

Credit: Fredrik Höök/Chalmers University of Technology In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the 'Parkinson's protein', are found in the brain. These destroy…

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University When Alzheimer's disease strikes, the entire brain doesn't crumble at once. Instead the mind unravels like grim clockwork, beginning…

A new study reveals that the common asthma drug salbutamol may offer potential as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease A new study reveals that the common asthma drug salbutamol may offer potential as a treatment for Alzheimer's…

Research produces dramatic results in laboratory studies involving fatal myelin disease that strikes children Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A team led by Case Western Reserve University medical…

McLean Hospital leads one of two pilot studies by the NIA's IMPACT Collaboratory Credit: McLean Hospital McLean Hospital's Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, is heading a new study of a training model to help primary care nurses…

Credit: Furukawa lab/CSHL, 2020 For the first time, researchers in the lab of CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa have been able to track each atom in the NMDA receptor, an important brain protein, as it transmits or inhibits…

By the time people reach a certain age, they've accumulated enough life experience to have plenty of stories to tell about life "back in their day." However, a new study suggests that the older a person is, the less likely they…

Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to the disease's onset, a new experimental and computational study finds Credit: J.-P. Roussarie et al./Neuron 2020 Neurons that regularly remodel are more…

Results suggest our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences. Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory…

Neuroscientists and stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a research model that allows studying human hippocampal neurons, the brain cells primarily affected by Alzheimer's disease pathology. The study…

Credit: Benjamin Bardiaux. The brains of millions of people suffering from Alzheimer´s disease (AD) are slowly and inescapably being depleted of neurons, which leads to the characteristic loss of memory and cognitive…

The long-running study on aging and brain health at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Center has once again resulted in important new findings - highlighting a complex and…