Mental disorders may increase risk for subsequent dementia, researchers find. Investing in good mental health care for young people could help.
A repurposed ADHD medication that boosts norepinephrine levels could stall neurodegeneration in people with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
The brains of academics are better able to compensate age-related cognitive and neural limitations, according to new research.
A new study that links specific gut bacteria to neurodegenerative diseases could one day lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS.
"In other words, we think that patients need to be treated differently depending on which phase they are in."
"...this discovery could be of immense consequence for treating a myriad of brain conditions..."
A method of analyzing blood plasma could help diagnose and predict the progression of ALS, researchers report.
When researchers transplanted specific human brain cells into animal models of multiple sclerosis, the cells repaired damage and restored function.
A new understanding of how tau proteins moves from neuron to neuron in the brain could pave the way for new ways to fight neurodegenerative diseases.
Understanding more about how a system that protects brain cells affects sleep could reveal a connection between sleep disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.
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