A University of Florida study links glucosamine use to faster progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, and points to an overactive sugar-tagging process in the Alzheimer's brain. The findings show an association, not proof of harm.
When people talk about the biology of Alzheimer's disease, the conversation almost always centers on two culprits: amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the University of... Continue Reading →
Alzheimer's research moves at a punishing pace. Because the disease is age-related, scientists have to work with old mice, and each experiment can take a year and a half to two years before it even yields conclusions worth building on.... Continue Reading →
Nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36% from two decades ago, a new study shows. But that sharp rise may have more to do with better public... Continue Reading →
The conclusions of a study carried out by Víctor Costumero, as the first author, Marco Calabria and Albert Costa (died in 2018), members of the Speech Production and Bilingualism (SPB) group at the Cognition and Brain Center (CBC) of the... Continue Reading →
Korsakoff syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B-1). Thiamine helps brain cells produce energy from sugar. When levels fall too low, brain cells cannot generate enough energy to function properly. Korsakoff syndrome is... Continue Reading →
Investigators at Rush University Medical Center and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston reported the discovery of a new gene that is associated with susceptibility to a common form of brain pathology called Tau that accumulates in several different... Continue Reading →