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2018-08-14 – In a lofty quest to map human memories, a scientist journeys deep into the mind of a worm. Read more from STAT.
2018-08-09 – Lowering your blood pressure could reduce Alzheimer’s risk, according to new research. Learn more from TIME.
2018-08-06 – ANA member and medical director of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Dr. Kathryn Davis discusses misdiagnosis and hallucinations with epilepsy for CNN.com. Learn more: Amid seizures, man sketched his 'beautiful' hallucinations
2018-08-06 – New from STAT: A story about a decades-long hunt in Appalachia to understand the genetic roots of ALS, a devastating neuromuscular disease that causes progressive paralysis. One corner of the region runs thicker with a particular form of inherited ALS than almost anywhere else, and neurologist…
2018-08-02 – Japanese scientists said they will start clinical trials next month on a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, transplanting “reprogrammed” stem cells into brains, seeking a breakthrough in treating the neurodegenerative disorder. Learn more: Japan scientists to use 'reprogrammed' stem cells to fight…
2018-07-31 – The results of an in-development drug trial seem to mark a victory for one side of the long-running debate over what causes Alzheimer’s disease. At the center of the debate: the amyloid hypothesis, which suggests that Alzheimer’s disease is due to the accumulation of sticky amyloid plaques in the…
2018-07-30 – Mutations in the gene LRRK2 have been linked to about three percent of Parkinson’s disease cases. Researchers have now found evidence that the activity of LRRK2 protein might be affected in many more patients with Parkinson’s disease, even when the LRRK2 gene itself is not mutated. The study was…
2018-07-27 – The Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials, or NeuroNEXT, a research program that helps streamline Phase II clinical trials for brain disorders, has been renewed for five more years, with several new centers joining the program. NeuroNEXT is supported by the National Institute of…
2018-07-26 – The long, discouraging quest for a medication that works to treat Alzheimer’s reached a potentially promising milestone. For the first time in a large clinical trial, a drug was able to both reduce the plaques in the brains of patients and slow the progression of dementia. More extensive trials…
2018-07-24 – At its annual meeting, the Alzheimer's Association previewed its first-ever clinical practice guidelines for primary care physicians evaluating Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and neurodegenerative cognitive behavioral syndromes, to be released in full later this year. Twenty recommendations for…