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The Alzheimer's Association-funded Latin American Initiative for Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline (LatAm-FINGERS) found that two culturally tailored lifestyle interventions improved ...

UCSF just launched one of the first trials to test whether attacking two proteins simultaneously can slow or stop Alzheimer's ...

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Researchers found that tau is essential for turning new experiences into lasting memories by helping organize the brain's ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

Video games are often blamed for wasting time or harming attention, but scientists have been studying this question for many ...

If you've experienced someone close to you living with Alzheimer's disease, you understand the profound impact it has not only on memory, but also the quality of life and independence. Today, an ...

A new study reveals that myelin sheath damage triggers epileptiform spikes and slows REM oscillations during sleep.