Recent Memory News from ScienceDaily:
- Alzheimer’s study: A Mediterranean diet might protect against memory loss and dementia
- People with familial longevity show better cognitive aging
- Hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behavior
- New brain-like computing device simulates human learning
- Lithium treats intellectual defects in mouse model of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Neural plasticity depends on this long noncoding RNA’s journey from nucleus to synapse
- Study showing how the brain retrieves facts and may help people with memory problems
- Altering traumatic memories
- New study examines promising approach to treating attention and working memory difficulties in children
- Childhood cognitive problems could lead to mental health issues in later life
- Tracking receptor proteins can unveil molecular basis of memory and learning
- Attention and working memory: Two sides of the same neural coin?
- Sugar not so nice for your child’s brain development
- New study finds false memories can be reversed
- Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone
- Riding the wave to memory-forming genetics
- Making decisions based on how we feel about memories, not accuracy
- Reflecting on your own capabilities boosts resilience
- Why odors trigger powerful memories
- A new theory for how memories are stored in the brain
- New experiences enhance learning by resetting key brain circuit
- Signal coupling between neuron-glia super-network may lead to improved memory formation
- How a single cell slime mold makes smart decisions without a central nervous system
- Sleep is vital to associating emotion with memory
- Real-time dialogue with a dreaming person is possible
- Mimicking a chronic immune response changes the brain
- How do our memories take shape?
- As you look around, mental images bounce between right and left brain
- New method to predict individual risk of cognitive decline
- ‘Where did I park my car?’ Brain stimulation improves mental time travel
- Why do psychiatric drugs help some, but not others? Study offers clues
- Afternoon napping linked to better mental agility
- Stimulating brain pathways shows origins of human language and memory
- Abnormal hyperactivation in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer’s
- Memory fail controlled by dopamine circuit
- Memory may be preserved in condition with brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s disease
- Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that encodes timing of events
- Emotionally appealing ads may not always help consumer memory
- Delivering the news with humor makes young adults more likely to remember and share
- Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could benefit males over females
- Computational model reveals how the brain manages short-term memories
- How the brain remembers right place, right time
- Visual short-term memory is more complex than previously assumed
- Molecular mechanism of long-term memory discovered
- Memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age
- Why experiences are better gifts for older children
- Sleep loss hijacks brain’s activity during learning
- Remember that fake news you read? It may help you remember even more
- Study underscores the gut-brain connection, shows hunger hormone impacts memory
- New key player in long-term memory
Recent Brain Injury News from ScienceDaily:
- Damage to white matter is linked to worse cognitive outcomes after brain injury
- Chronic exposure to low levels of blast may be associated with neurotrauma
- Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
- Supplement treats schizophrenia in mice, restores healthy ‘dance’ and structure of neurons
- Biologists investigate effects of bisphenols on nerve cells
- Altering traumatic memories
- ‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI
- Controlled scar formation in the brain
- New genetic clues point to new treatments for ‘silent’ stroke
- DNA damage ‘hot spots’ discovered within neurons
- Leaky blood-brain barrier linked to brain tissue damage in brain aging disease
- Could birth control pills ease concussion symptoms in female athletes?
- Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries
- Premature birth disrupts Purkinje cell function, resulting in locomotor learning deficits, study finds
- After a concussion: No more sitting in the dark?
- Two new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease discovered
- Study identifies potential link between Soldiers exposed to blasts, Alzheimer’s
- Reactivating aging stem cells in the brain
- Small ‘window of opportunity’ for best recovery after stroke
- Promising biomarkers to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury
- Remyelinating drug could improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis
- Turning on the switch for plasticity in the human brain
- Unlocking PTSD: New study reveals why trauma-focused psychotherapy treatment works
- Fine tuning first-responder immune cells may reduce TBI damage
- Study finds COVID-19 attack on brain, not lungs, triggers severe disease in mice
- Eggs reveal what may happen to brain on impact
- Eye tests predict Parkinson’s-linked cognitive decline 18 months ahead
- Timing is of the essence when treating brain swelling in mice
- Designer cytokine makes paralyzed mice walk again
- Compound protects myelin, nerve fibers
- Identifying strategies to advance research on traumatic brain injury’s effect on women
- Bedside EEG test can aid prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients
- Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
- How does the brain manage its learning?
- Teaching artificial intelligence to adapt
- Emerging from the fog: Little understood post-stroke cognitive issues are verified
- How to protect neurons and encourage their growth: New clue
- Damage to brain cells reverberates to ‘bystander’ cells
- Novel form of Alzheimer’s protein found in spinal fluid indicates stage of the disease
- New insights into the mechanisms of neuroplasticity
- Big data analysis suggests role of brain connectivity in epilepsy-related atrophy
- Concussion risk in stunt performers
- Newfound ability to change baby brain activity could lead to rehabilitation for injured brains
- Early details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients
- Learning a new language changes the brain’s division of labor
- Chronic alcohol use reshapes the brain’s immune landscape, driving anxiety and addiction
- Repeated small blasts put military, law enforcement at risk for brain injury
- Individualized brain stimulation therapy improves language performance in stroke survivors
- DNA repair supports brain cognitive development
- Technique to regenerate optic nerve offers hope for future glaucoma treatment
Other News: Brain Injury/Memory Loss
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Forgotten Dementia Sufferers Helped Through Art. While medical researchers continue the search for advanced diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dementia, a researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London is focusing on improving the experiences of those already suffering with the devastating disease for whom any cure would be too late. ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2011)
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Potential Target for Treating Common Form of Early-Onset Dementia Identified. UCLA scientists have discovered that a key signaling pathway plays an important role in the brain disorder frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and may offer a potential target for treatment. The journal Neuron publishes the findings in its Sept. 22 edition. ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2011)
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Humor as Effective as Medication in Treating Agitation in Dementia. Humor therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients with dementia — and avoids serious drug side effects, a new study shows. ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2011)
- Human genetics study identifies the most common cause of ALS and dementia. Scientists have made an exciting breakthrough in unraveling the genetic basis of two debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Two independent studies identify a new human genetic mutation as the most common cause of ALS and FTD identified to date. ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2011)
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Lasers Light the Path to Neuron Regeneration. Lasers have been used to fabricate tiny scaffolds to be used as delivery vehicles to drop cells off at damaged locations and help treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2011)
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Diabetes May Significantly Increase the Risk of Dementia. People with diabetes appear to be at a significantly increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the September 20, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2011)
- A Squirt of Insulin May Delay Alzheimer’s. A small pilot study has found preliminary evidence that squirting insulin deep into the nose where it travels to the brain might hold early Alzheimer’s disease at bay, University of Pennsylvania researchers said. via Gina Kolata in the New York Times. (Sept. 12, 2011)
- Have We Met Before? Direct Connections Found Between Areas of Brain Responsible for Voice and Face Recognition. Science Daily (Sep. 12, 2011)
- New Target for Treating Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. A scientist has identified how the lack of a brain chemical known as dopamine can rewire the interaction between two groups of brain cells and lead to symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This discovery offers new hope for treating those suffering from this devastating neurodegenerative disease. Science Daily (Sep. 11, 2011)
- Newly Identified Gene Mutation Linked to Parkinson’s. A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress–ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2011)
- Alzheimer disease: Transport protein ABCC1 plays key role in clearing beta-amyloid from brains of mice.
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among older people. One of the main features of AD is the presence in the brain of abnormal clumps of the protein fragment beta-amyloid. Researchers have now identified a way to reduce the amount of beta-amyloid in the brains of mice with a disease that models AD, providing hope that a similar approach could benefit patients with this devastating condition. Science Daily. (Sept. 2, 2011)
- Signs of aging may be linked to undetected blocked brain blood vessels. Tiny blocked brain vessels may be the cause of many common signs associated with older age, according to new research. Brain autopsies showed more lesions in those with the most pronounced difficulty walking. Thirty percent of small brain lesions could only be seen under a microscope after study participants died. The lesions couldn’t be detected by current scans. Science Daily. (Sep. 1, 2011)
- Researchers learn why nerve cell communication is disrupted in Alzheimer’s Disease: chemical modification of a brain enzyme. This discovery could help scientists develop new Alzheimer’s disease therapies. Science Daily (Aug. 16, 2011)
- New culprit in Alzheimer’s disease: Too many blood vessels. Scientists may have uncovered a new explanation for how Alzheimer’s disease destroys the brain — a profusion of blood vessels. They suggest that the growth of capillaries leads to a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, allowing amyloid beta, the hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease, to be deposited in the brain tissue. Science Daily. (Aug. 31, 2011)
- Choice of seizure drug for brain tumor patients may affect survival. New research suggests brain tumor patients who take the seizure drug valproic acid on top of standard treatment may live longer than people who take other kinds of epilepsy medications to control seizures. Science Daily. Aug 31. 2011
- Neuroscientists identify how the brain remembers what happens and when. Neuroscientists have identified the parts of the brain we use to remember the timing of events within an episode. The study enhances our understanding of how memories are processed and provides a potential roadmap for addressing memory-related afflictions – Science Daily (Aug 4, 2011)
- How Memory Is Lost: Loss of Memory Due to Aging May Be Reversible. A new study published July 27 in the journal Nature shows the neural networks in the brains of the middle-aged and elderly have weaker connections and fire less robustly than in youthful ones.Science Daily (July 28, 2011)
- A Supplement That Works for Alzheimer’s Disease? New study suggests that the natural supplement Huperzine A (a AChE inhibitor) may have some promise in treating Alzheimer’s Disease but more study is needed – Journal Watch Psychiatry (May 23, 2011)
- Senior Moments: A Sign Of Worse To Come? – NPR.org (Apr 28, 2011)
- National Institute on Aging: Tips for Caregivers and Cargiver Guide – National Institute on Aging
- Autoantibodies, the cause of autoimmune diseases, are being studied by Alzheimer’s disease researchers for possible links and therapeutic value – Business Wire (March 31, 2011)
