A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate ...
“She was the only person that ever really understood me. “Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2015. I didn't know what dementia was really like. I didn't realise it changes everything.” Two ...
A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia risk ... very well with that concept." Additional experiments by the ...
Study Supports New Blood-Based Biomarker to Detect Early Brain Changes Leading to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Dec. 18, 2024 — To identify and follow blood vessel-related changes in the ...
It is thought that the effects of air pollution on the heart and circulatory system may impact the blood supply to the brain and lead to vascular dementia. The report also considered whether there is ...
Summary: A new study has identified a biomarker, DTI-ALPS, which connects glymphatic system dysfunction to vascular dementia. By analyzing over 3,750 participants, researchers found that lower ...
Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...
Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia. Most cases of vascular dementia are not caused by directly inherited faulty genes. Vascular dementia is caused by reduced blood flow to ...
Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer's disease have been identified by researchers at UCL and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI).
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a test used to detect mild cognitive decline and early signs of dementia. It can help identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and screen for ...
In 1994, after years of painstaking research mapping genetic markers, a team led by scientists at the University of Utah and National Institutes of Health finally isolated the BRCA1 (BReast CAncer ...