New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy
Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a
A breakthrough study published today in the Journal of Neurosciencesheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of
Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that looked at health data from over 130 million individuals. The study, led
A collision happens. Someone is hurt, a head injury, a concussion. Just as the first responders arrive to help the person, inside the brain, another “crew” of responders is busy
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease, finds a
Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer’s, new research led by scientists at the University of Bristol (UK) and the Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Most treatments being pursued today to protect against Alzheimer’s disease focus on amyloid plaques and tau tangles that accumulate in the brain, but new research from Mass General Brigham and
The UPV/EHU’s Neurochemistry and Neurodegeneration group has come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents.
There may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s according to research led by Lancaster University. This is one of the first studies to
