Recent Memory News from ScienceDaily:
- Breathing: The master clock of the sleeping brain
- In visual memory, size matters
- Why do we forget? New theory proposes ‘forgetting’ is actually a form of learning
- Remembering faces and names can be improved during sleep
- New neural circuits discovered that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain’s hippocampal formation
- Key neural mechanism believed to support advanced cognitive abilities discovered
- Star cells in the brain render memory flexible
- Limited brain capacity in humans and birds
- Artificial intelligence accurately predicts who will develop dementia in two years
- For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
- I remember how to control my body, therefore, I am
- Self-administered cognition test predicts early signs of dementia sooner
- Scientists find first in human evidence of how memories form
- Potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease would be relatively cheap
- Unveiling the hidden cellular logistics of memory storage in neurons
- Reboot and recall: New brain hub for memory restoration identified
- As we develop, the brain connects lessons learned differently
- New optical technology spotlights how memories move in mouse brains during sleep
- How do we learn to learn? New research offers an education
- Multiple sclerosis drug improves memory in mice modeling Alzheimer’s disease
- One and done: Researchers urge testing eyewitness memory only once
- VR experiment with rats offers new insights about how neurons enable learning
- Fat cells found to play a central role in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration
- Brain activation in sleeping toddlers shows memory for words
- Why do we remember stressful experiences better?
- Stress on mothers can influence biology of future generations
- Sense of purpose associated with better memory
- Early accumulation of tau in the brain predicts memory decline in Alzheimer’s disease
- Hippocampus is the brain’s storyteller
- Magnetic stimulation of the brain can improve episodic memory, study finds
- Link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease bolstered
- New research ‘sniffs out’ how associative memories are formed
- Mice’s learning skills help researchers pinpointing brain areas where acquired knowledge is stored
- How scents take on meaning
- Research reveals drug targets for memory enhancement
- Scientists pinpoint the uncertainty of our working memory
- Brain-inspired memory device
- Do genetics control who our friends are? It seems so with mice
- Old habit-controlling neurons may also help the brain learn new tricks
- Add it up: Could this test equal a way to determine dementia risk?
- Brain signals that help memories form may influence blood sugar
- Towards next-gen computers: Mimicking brain functions with graphene-diamond junctions
- Insight into underlying causes of seizure disorder in babies
- Brain’s ‘memory center’ needed to recognize image sequences but not single sights
- Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice
- Long-term memory setup requires a reliable delivery crew
- A redundant modular network supports proper brain communication
- Scientists discover a new class of memory cells for remembering faces
- Saturated fatty acid levels increase when making memories
- Some blood pressure-lowering meds linked to less memory decline in older adults, study finds
Recent Brain Injury News from ScienceDaily:
- Researchers highlight COVID-19 neurological symptoms and need for rigorous studies
- Could concussion be monitored through urine samples?
- Blood markers of brain cell damage higher over short term in COVID-19 patients than in Alzheimer’s patients, study finds
- New hope for sight recovery in stroke survivors
- College football players have abnormalities in coordination and inflammation
- Learning and protecting itself: How the brain adapts
- Scientists find first in human evidence of how memories form
- Precise new form of brain surgery requires no incisions, scalpels
- ALS therapy should target brain, not just spine
- Scientists can control brain circuits, behavior, and emotion using light
- Study finds brain lesions on MRI linked to years of playing football
- Optoelectrode changes reduce injuries to brain tissue, improve nerve research
- Reboot and recall: New brain hub for memory restoration identified
- How do we know we’re tired?
- Older-looking brains linked to lower birth weight and genes
- Common loud noises cause fluid buildup in the inner ear, study finds
- Zika virus-specific therapy protects the fetal mouse brain
- Blood plasma protein fibrinogen interacts directly with nerve cells to cause brain inflammation
- Strategies for the regeneration of myelin
- Gene therapy boosts Parkinson’s disease drug benefits
- Specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain
- Pilot study explores neural mechanisms of balance dysfunction after traumatic brain injury
- Drug helps sensory neurons regrow in the mouse central nervous system
- Developing a treatment for vision loss through transplant of photoreceptor precursors
- Cleaning the brain after ischemic stroke
- In neurodegenerative diseases, brain immune cells have a ‘ravenous appetite’ for sugar
- Brain damage from long stays in space
- Toxic fatty acids to blame for brain cell death after injury
- Gene therapy can restore vision after stroke
- Back pain: Psychological treatment shown to yield strong, lasting pain relief, alter brain networks
- Scientists find vital link to identify people at risk of aneurysms
- Infection hinders blood vessel repair following traumatic brain or cerebrovascular injuries
- Preventing the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury
- New study puts focus on early symptoms of Huntington’s disease
- Family of proteins offers promise as ischemic stroke treatment, preclinical trial finds
- Young athletes with history of concussions may have more changes to their brains
- Portable MRI provides life-saving information to doctors treating strokes
- Brain organoids develop optic cups that respond to light
- How hormones may alleviate side-specific movement difficulties after brain injury
- No signs of brain injury post-acute COVID-19, study finds
- Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease
- Scientists discover gene therapy provides neuroprotection to prevent glaucoma vision loss
- Professional rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure, study finds
- 3D ‘assembloid’ shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells
- Brain mapping method illuminates targets for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Saturated fatty acid levels increase when making memories
- Glial cells help mitigate neurological damage in Huntington’s disease
- Head impacts linked to imaging changes in youth football players
- New glial cells discovered in the brain: Implications for brain repair
- New drug to halt dementia after multiple head injuries
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)
