A study links a blood protein to memory and brain changes in Down syndrome
A study combining blood samples, memory assessments, and brain scans examines whether a protein found at nerve cell…
Study reveals lasting brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment
Childhood abuse leaves a scar on the brain, a new neuroimaging study led by UCLA psychologists has shown.…
Two distinct types of brain tissue work together to support cognition in older adults
Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of…
Shifting expectations of unpredictability could help treat schizophrenia delusions
New research has found that improvements to the severity of delusions in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder recovering from…
Study connects late-life psychosis to abnormal tau protein buildup
Hallucinations and delusions that appear for the first time in midlife or later are often treated as psychiatric…
Persistent financial hardship tracks with poorer memory and processing speed by midlife
Seven decades of cohort data connect chronic financial strain with cognitive differences by midlife and complex patterns of…
NIH grant funds study on stroke-related urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common but frequently overlooked consequence of stroke. Now, researchers from the Mark and Mary…
Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy changes two childhood brain metabolic markers
A decade after mothers received EPA- and DHA-rich fish oil, MRI scans revealed subtle metabolic differences in their…
Early detection of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly can help prevent developmental disabilities
Early detection and treatment of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly (CCV)-when a fetus’s fluid-filled brain ventricles swell due to a…
Sleep protects complex neural networks from drifting into states of permanent instability
Every animal that has ever been studied closely, from the fruit fly to the philosopher, surrenders each day…
Detecting Alzheimer’s Early by Brain Scan or Blood
Credit: wildpixel / iStock / Getty Images Plus While Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about 60-70% of dementia diagnoses,…
Research challenges calcium and vitamin D use for bone health
Researchers in Canada evaluated 69 trials involving 153,902 participants, most of whom were community-dwelling and not at high…