Vascular risk factors tied to brain health

Recent Research

• Neuropsychological subtypes of incident mild cognitive impairment in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging May 22, 2019
• How do we recall the past? New mechanism revealed May 22, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Brain changes may occur 34 years before symptoms May 21, 2019
• Plasma amyloid β 40/42 ratio predicts cerebral amyloidosis in cognitively normal individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease May 18, 2019
• Differential default mode network trajectories in asymptomatic individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease May 18, 2019
• Dementia: New WHO prevention guidelines evaluate 12 risk factors May 18, 2019
• Virtual reality may help stimulate memory in people with dementia May 16, 2019
• Novel Alzheimer’s drug passes first phase of human testing May 15, 2019
• Assessment of executive function declines in presymptomatic and mildly symptomatic familial frontotemporal dementia: NIH-EXAMINER as a potential clinical trial endpoint May 14, 2019
• Comparison of 18F-florbetaben quantification results using the standard Centiloid, MR-based, and MR-less CapAIBL® approaches: Validation against histopathology May 14, 2019
• Primary fatty amides in plasma associated with brain amyloid burden, hippocampal volume, and memory in the European Medical Information Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease biomarker discovery cohort May 8, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: How light therapy could protect the brain May 7, 2019
• The MOPEAD project: Advancing patient engagement for the detection of “hidden” undiagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s disease in the community May 7, 2019
• Could a cell phone game detect who is at risk of Alzheimer’s? May 5, 2019
• Erratum to “Kallikrein-8 inhibition attenuates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2016;12:1273-87.] May 4, 2019
• Urate and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia: A population-based study May 2, 2019
• Brain atrophy in primary age-related tauopathy is linked to transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa May 2, 2019
• Experts draft guidelines for Alzheimer’s-like condition April 30, 2019
• Inflammatory biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease plasma April 29, 2019
• Adherence to multidomain interventions for dementia prevention: Data from the FINGER and MAPT trials April 29, 2019
• Scientists confirm blood test could track Alzheimer’s disease April 26, 2019
• Quantifying blood-brain barrier leakage in small vessel disease: Review and consensus recommendations April 25, 2019
• Mitigating stigma of Alzheimer’s disease dementia among Chinese Americans April 25, 2019
• Can a blood pressure drug protect the brain from Parkinson’s? April 23, 2019
• A ketogenic drink improves brain energy and some measures of cognition in mild cognitive impairment April 23, 2019
• Aaron Klug and the study of Alzheimer’s disease April 19, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Synthetic protein blocks toxic beta-amyloid April 16, 2019
• Erratum to “Validation of a simple severity scale for assessing ARIA-E” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2017;13:P253-4.] April 9, 2019
• Dementia: Paradigm shifting into high gear April 9, 2019
• Syncing brain waves may fight age-related memory problems April 8, 2019
• Longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid biomarker trajectories along the Alzheimer’s disease continuum in the BIOMARKAPD study April 6, 2019
• Dementia: Amyloid PET scans can improve diagnosis and care April 3, 2019
• Novel methods for integration and visualization of genomics and genetics data in Alzheimer’s disease March 29, 2019
• This drug failed to treat cancer, but it could improve dementia March 29, 2019
• Smoking may not be related to dementia risk after all March 28, 2019
• Is this a better way to deliver drugs to the brain? March 28, 2019
• The key to brain health: Light but frequent exercise March 25, 2019
• Erratum to “Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2019;15:76-92.] March 21, 2019
• Study links severe gum disease to raised dementia risk March 20, 2019
• Light and sound therapy may boost brain function March 19, 2019
• Alzheimer’s disease: An eye test could provide early warning March 18, 2019
• The effects of 7-week cognitive training in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, no dementia (the Cog-VACCINE study): A randomized controlled trial March 17, 2019
• Does eating mushrooms protect brain health? March 15, 2019
• Impact of Helicobacter pylori and/or Helicobacter pylori–related metabolic syndrome on incidence of all-cause and Alzheimer’s dementia March 11, 2019
• A randomized clinical trial to evaluate home-based assessment of people over 75 years old March 11, 2019
• Vascular risk factors tied to brain health March 11, 2019
• Could sleep apnea be a risk factor for Alzheimer’s? March 11, 2019
• The role of age on tau PET uptake and gray matter atrophy in atypical Alzheimer’s disease March 7, 2019
• Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neurodegeneration, synaptic integrity, and astroglial activation across the clinical Alzheimer’s disease spectrum March 7, 2019
• Failure to detect an association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology and dementia March 6, 2019
• This sleep disorder puts people at ‘very high risk’ of Parkinson’s March 6, 2019
• How does exercise impact cognitive function in Parkinson’s? March 5, 2019
• Emerging cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease March 4, 2019
• Parkinsonism in MCI or mild Alzheimer’s disease March 1, 2019
• Brain arterial dilatation and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease March 1, 2019
• Excessive daily TV at older age tied to poorer memory March 1, 2019
• MIND not Mediterranean diet related to 12-year incidence of cognitive impairment in an Australian longitudinal cohort study February 27, 2019
• ALS: New technique prevents toxic protein deposits in cells February 27, 2019
• Alteration in sleep architecture and electroencephalogram as an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease preceding the disease pathology and cognitive decline February 25, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: ‘Holy herb’ extract shows promise as future treatment February 22, 2019
• How language shapes our brains…and our lives February 22, 2019
• The unexpected dangers of gum disease February 22, 2019
• What are the early signs of dementia? February 21, 2019
• Incidence of dementia after age 90 in a multiracial cohort February 20, 2019
• Ethnoracial differences in Alzheimer’s disease from the FLorida Autopsied Multi-Ethnic (FLAME) cohort February 18, 2019
• Diabetes and Alzheimer’s: What’s the link? February 17, 2019
• Hospitalization, surgery, and incident dementia February 15, 2019
• Study finds new cognitive decline mechanism in Alzheimer’s February 15, 2019
• Inflammation in midlife hastens cognitive decline February 15, 2019
• Staging biomarkers in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease by estimated years to symptom onset February 14, 2019
• GeneMatch: A novel recruitment registry using at-home APOE genotyping to enhance referrals to Alzheimer’s prevention studies February 13, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: How do tau tangles grow? February 12, 2019
• Clinical and cortical decline in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer’s disease February 11, 2019
• Genetic origin of a large family with a novel PSEN1 mutation (Ile416Thr) February 8, 2019
• Blood-clotting protein contributes to Alzheimer’s February 7, 2019