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2018-09-24 – Over 3% of the population -- nearly 14 million Americans -- may have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias by 2060, according to a new CDC report. The burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, which was 1.6% of the U.S. population in 2014, is projected to double to 3.3% by 2060,…
2018-09-21 – With the help of a glow-in-the-dark rabies virus, scientists have discovered a possible new signaling pathway between the gut and the brain in mice. Learn more: A Neural Circuit for Gut-Induced Reward
2018-09-19 – Glenner Town Square, a new care facility for dementia patients in California, was built to resemble a town from the 1950s. It’s an application of ‘reminiscence therapy,’ which uses prompts from a person’s past to elicit memories and encourage conversation. Learn more: To Help Alzheimer’s Patients,…
2018-09-18 – Neurons absorb and release water when they relay messages throughout the brain, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. Tracking this water movement with imaging technology may one day provide valuable information on normal brain activity, as…
2018-09-07 – Ten-year risk estimates for Alzheimer's disease and dementia by age, sex, and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype may help identify patients who could benefit from early prevention, Danish researchers suggested. In a study that spanned over 100,000 people and 4 decades, women who carried two copies of…
2018-09-06 – New from Science Magazine: The Alzheimer’s gamble: NIH tries to turn billions in new funding into treatment for deadly brain disease
2018-09-05 – For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively prevents damaged neurons from regrowing. In a study of rodents, scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health showed they could overcome this barrier and reconnect severed spinal cord…
2018-09-04 – Results from a clinical trial of more than 250 participants with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) revealed that ibudilast was better than a placebo in slowing down brain shrinkage. The study also showed that the main side effects of ibudilast were gastrointestinal and headaches. The study was…
2018-08-30 – Scientists have taken another step toward understanding what makes the human brain unique. An international team has identified a kind of brain cell that exists in people but not mice, the team reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience. "This particular type of cell had properties that had never…
2018-08-28 – According to a new study of mice and humans, tiny tunnels run from skull bone marrow to the lining of the brain and may provide a direct route for immune cells responding to injuries caused by stroke and other brain disorders. “We always thought that immune cells from our arms and legs traveled…