A team of researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the
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How memories form and fade: Strong memories are encoded by teams of neurons working together in synchrony
Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven’t seen in years
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Carriers of Alzheimer’s genetic marker have greater difficulty harnessing past knowledge
Adults carrying a gene associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease had a harder time accessing recently acquired knowledge,
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Alzheimers symptoms: One ‘subtle’ warning sign – do you do this?
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia – a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with an ongoing
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Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience identified
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a
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High-energy lasers could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease in the future
Amyloid fibrils are a type of self-assembled proteins/peptides that take on a stacked sheet-like formation. Amyloid fibril aggregates are known
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Do you forget your passwords? BONNIE ESTRIDGE on life with Alzheimer’s
Do you forget your passwords? Imagine what it’s like being me, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE in her latest despatch on life
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Protects social commitment against Alzheimer’s?
Between volunteering and mental decline in old age there is a connection, apparently. This is reported by researchers from Boston,
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Seizures in Alzheimer’s mouse model disrupt adult neurogenesis
Memory impairment and mood changes are typically observed in patients with Alzheimer’s disease but what disturbs these neuronal functions is
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Serotonin linked to somatic awareness
An international team spearheaded by researchers at McGill University has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness,
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