Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a progressive neurological condition that affects people’s cognitive abilities, such as memory, language and reasoning.
Microglia, the primary immune cells in the central nervous system, defend humans and animals from infections by “eating” pathogens, dead cells, toxic proteins and other…
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington disease each cause their own distinct set of symptoms, yet they share a common feature: abnormal protein…
More magnesium in our daily diet leads to better brain health as we age, according to scientists from the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab at The…
People who have low bone density may have an increased risk of developing dementia compared to people who have higher bone density, according to a…
Fiber intake is associated with a lower risk of developing cognitive decline in those old people with the apolipoprotein E ApoE ε4 genotype, regarded as…
Depression in Alzheimer’s has different risk factors than depression in older adults without the disease, finds a major new study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s…
Changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer’s disease are associated with shortening of the telomeres—the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that shorten as…
An international study led by the Molecular Physiology Laboratory at the UPF Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) identifies new genes that modulate the…
The costs of Alzheimer’s disease—human and financial—are rising sharply in California and nationally, and census projections for America’s rapidly aging population suggest the scope of…