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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Policywise 

Supporting decision making as cognition declines

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023Alzheimer's Disease, autonomy, Baruch A. Brody Lecture, bioethics, cognitive impairment, Decision-making, Dementia

This post is a preview of a presentation for the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics. Want to learn more about this topic? Tune into the lecture Feb.

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From The Labs 

Interferon drives cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease model

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive impairment, inflammation, Research, synapse loss, Type I Interferon

This study highlights the importance of brain inflammation and other complex events involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

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From The Labs 

Oleic acid, a key to activating the brain’s ‘fountain of youth’

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Memory, neurogenesis, oleic acid, Research, TLX

Oleic acid produced in the brain is an essential regulator of the process that enables learning and memory and proper mood regulation.

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From The Labs 

Alzheimer’s disease risk genes alter neuroprotective mechanism

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022ABCA1 agonist, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's genetic risk factors, glia, lipid droplets, neuroprotection, Research, ROS

New insights into factors involved in Alzheimer’s disease support that multiple alterations at the genetic and other cellular levels combine to induce the disease.

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From The Labs 

The power of sleep in Alzheimer’s disease

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021Alzheimer's Disease, amyloid-beta, Research, sleep disturbance, slow wave sleep, TRN

Restoring normal sleep via the thalamic reticular nucleus reduced the A-beta plaque burden in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.

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From The Labs 

It’s not just what you eat, but when you eat that can affect your health

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, dawn-to-sunset fasting, Research

“You are what you eat,” states a popular phrase. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine add that when you eat also can affect your health.

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From The Labs 

From my perspective: Dr. Ethan Roy shares his experiences as a graduate student at Baylor

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020Alzheimer's Disease, Graduate Student, inflammation, Research

From the Labs interviewed Dr. Ethan Roy to learn about his challenging beginnings in the lab, his fascination with neurodegenerative diseases and his plans to

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From The Labs 

Connecting interferon, neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020Alzheimer's Disease, complement system, IFN, Interferon, microglia, neuroinflammation, Research, synapse loss

When immunologist Dr. Wei Cao joined Baylor College of Medicine three-and-a-half years ago, her first project was to investigate how inflammation contributes to Alzheimer’s disease.

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From The Labs 

The herpes virus dilemma in Alzheimer’s disease

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020Alzheimer's Disease, Big Data, herpes virus, Research

There is currently a debate about whether herpes virus infections play a role in Alzheimer’s disease and Baylor College of Medicine researchers are actively contributing

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From The Labs 

When tau tangles, RNA errors can happen in Alzheimer’s disease

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019Alzheimer's Disease, Research, RNA splicing errors, spliceosome, tau protein, tau tangles

The tau protein is a key player in Alzheimer’s disease. It tangles and accumulates inside brain cells and this, in combination with increasing cell death,

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