February 26th, 2012

Alzheimer’s medications currently in trial may actually act like a bad electrician, miswiring neurons and interfering with their ability to communicate with the ...
February 25th, 2012
Individuals who take Ritalin are significantly more aware of their mistakes, according to research at the University of Melbourne.
The study, led by Dr. Rob Hester from the Department of Psychological Sciences along with colleagues at the Queensland Brain Institute, evaluated how the ...
February 20th, 2012

As baby boomers become seniors, researchers are aggressively searching for medications that can reduce the detrimental effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
But a new study using ...
February 17th, 2012

Determining a middle-age individual’s risk for dementia may be as simple as timing walking speed and ...
February 14th, 2012

We all recognize that overeating can cause weight gain, but now new research suggests excessive calorie consumption can double the risk of memory ...
February 12th, 2012
A new link has been identified between short-term memory and a protein called beta-arrestin that could blaze a new path toward the therapeutic treatment of neurological disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease. The discovery was made by biomedical scientists at the University of California, ...
February 4th, 2012

Decaffeinated coffee seems to improve brain energy metabolism in association with type 2 diabetes, according to researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Glucose utilization ...
February 3rd, 2012

A characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the alteration of a protein that resides in the brain. The protein, called tau, is present in normal brains and ...
February 2nd, 2012

The good news is that most people in the developed world are living longer; the not-so-good news is that the brain ...
January 27th, 2012

A new study suggests men may be at higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) than women. MCI is the stage ...