Three Biomarkers In Spinal Fluid Appear Helpful To Classify Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease

A “signature” consisting of three biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid was present in 90 percent of patients who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but also was found in more than one-third of cognitively normal older adults, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
“The initiation [...]

A Grid Used To Represent Space In The Human Brain

‘Grid cells’ that act like a spatial map in the brain have been identified for the first time in humans, according to new research by UCL scientists which may help to explain how we create internal maps of new environments.
The study is by a team from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and was funded [...]

How To Boost Value Of Alzheimer’s-Fighting Compounds

The polyphenols found in red wine are thought to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, and new research from Purdue University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine has shown that some of those compounds in fact reach the brain.
Mario Ferruzzi, a Purdue associate professor of food science; Connie Weaver, Purdue’s head of foods and nutrition; and Elsa Janle, [...]

Moderate Drinking Might Guard Against Alzheimer’s

Older adults with no history of dementia could cut their odds of Alzheimer’s and other cognitive decline by regular moderate drinking, new research suggests.
Defining “moderate” as having one to two drinks a day, the study authors observed that drinking in this range was associated with a nearly 40 percent drop in dementia risk, compared with [...]