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The ethics of telling: Alzheimer’s, diagnosis, and the power of communication

April 30, 2025 Alzheimer's Disease,  Alzheimer's research,  Alzheimer's treatment,  Community health event,  early diagnosis,  ethics,  Memory

When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, what we say – and how we say it – matters more than we might think. A new article

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From The Labs

Baylor College of Medicine wins 2025 STAT Madness!

April 8, 2025 astrocytes,  champion,  Memory,  neurons,  Research,  STAT Madness

This is the second year in a row that Baylor has won the popular vote in STAT’s bracket-style research competition.

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A person in a red sweater holding a cup of coffee while sitting by the ocean, looking off to the horizon.
Momentum

The healing power of reminiscing

January 27, 2025 Dementia,  elderly people,  Geriatrics,  Memory,  reminiscing

Dr. Mark Kunik explains more how reminiscence therapy can be beneficial for the mental health and well-being of elderly people.

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Microscopic image of neurons reaching toward and a cloud of astrocytes.
From The Labs

Image of the Month: Astrocytes, neurons and memory

January 7, 2025 astrocytes,  Image of the month,  Memory,  neurons,  Research

Neurons (green) and astrocytes (red) work together to regulate storage and retrieval of memories.

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From The Labs

Brain stars hold our memories

November 14, 2024 astrocytes,  c-Fos,  Memory,  neurons,  NFIA,  Research

In this study, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine changed the way we understand memory.

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From The Labs

Defective serotonin 2C receptors lead to memory deficits in mice and humans

July 23, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease,  Memory,  Research,  serotonin 2C receptor

The findings not only provide new insight into the factors regulating healthy memory but also in conditions associated with memory loss, like Alzheimer’s disease.

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Momentum

New Alzheimer’s disease drug shown to slow disease

July 17, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease,  Leqembi,  Memory

The recent approval of Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) marks the first amyloid beta-directed

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From The Labs

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

March 29, 2022 Alzheimer'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

A redundant modular network supports proper brain communication

July 9, 2021 brain communication,  brain hemispheres,  brain networks,  Memory,  Research,  working memory

Connected brain regions turn off communication between them when one region is disrupted to prevent affecting memory or behavior.

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Policywise

Lost, but not forgotten: Preserving a stranger’s memory

May 18, 2021 Death,  Headstone,  Memory,  Narrative Medicine,  Stranger,  Tomb

A story about the importance of simple good deeds and questions of memorializing and responsibility postmortem.

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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