Category Archives: Alzheimer’s

Press Release • July 08, 2010 NIH Grantees Eye Neuroprotective Mechanism for Alzheimer’s Scientists have discovered a compound that restores the capacity to form new memories in aging rats, likely by improving the survival of newborn neurons in the brain’s … Continue reading →

Science Update • June 23, 2008 Antipsychotic medications may lessen symptoms like hostility and aggression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, but do not appear to lessen other symptoms or improve quality of life, according to a recent analysis of data … Continue reading →

Press Release • April 24, 2007 A part of the brain first affected by Alzheimer’s disease is thinner in youth with a risk gene for the disorder, a brain imaging study by researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health … Continue reading →