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Tag Archives: Age-Related Cognitive Impairment
Precise Transcranial Brain Stimulation Improves Working Memory? (BBC News / Nature Neuroscience)
Summary Working memory (short-term memory) declines with age, but it appears that a new technique involving transcranial brain stimulation may have some potential for helping to restore working memory to levels typical of more youthful individuals. “The results provide insight … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age-Related Cognitive Decline, Age-Related Cognitive Impairment, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Boston University, Center for Research in Sensory Communication and Emerging Neural Technology: Boston University, Center for Systems Neuroscience: Boston University, Cognitive Neuroimaging Center: Boston University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences: Boston University, Helping People With Memory Problems, High Definition Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation of Temporal and Prefrontal Brain Regions, Memory Lapses, Memory Loss, Memory Problems, Mild Memory Problems, Nature Neuroscience, Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Noninvasive Electrical Stimulation of Temporal and Prefrontal Brain Regions, Re-Synchronization of Rhythmic Brain Circuits to Improve Working Memory in Older Adults, Rhythmic Brain Circuitry, Rhythmic Brain Circuits, Synchronization of Rhythmic Brain Circuits, Transcranial Alternating-Current Stimulation (of Temporal and Prefrontal Brain Regions), Transcranial Brain Stimulation, United States, USA, Working Memory, Working Memory in Older Adults
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Exploring Work at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (BBC News / Buck Institute for Research on Aging)
Summary A brief investigation into the research activities and aims of the Buck Institute for Research On Aging, based in California, USA. Full Text Link Reference Walsh, F. (2017). What are the secrets of the superagers? London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Coffee / Caffeine Consumption and Dementia Risk Reduction in Women (NHS Choices / Journal of Gerontology: Series A)
Summary Researchers investigating caffeine consumption in postmenopausal women consider they may have found further evidence for an inverse (“protective”) association between caffeine intake and age-related cognitive impairment and / or risk of dementia. Statistics reveal what is interpreted as a … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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On “SuperAgers”: People Who Avoid Age-Related Memory Problems (BBC News / Journal of Neuroscience / Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience / JINS)
Summary Researchers have been studying “SuperAgers”, and the associated phenomenon of SuperAging, to discover possible physiological and genetic mechanisms behind the fortuitous preservation of superior memory into old age. Full Text Link Reference ‘Super agers’ offer clue to keeping a … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Blood Type (AB) Association With Memory Problems? (BBC News / Neurology)
Summary US research suggests a possible link between the rare AB blood type, which occurs in 4% of the population, and memory problems in later life. People with blood group AB and those with higher factor VIII (FVIII), appear more … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Brief Visual Processing Test for Assessment of Cognitive Decline? (BBC News / Current Biology)
Summary Age-related decline in the ability to “take in” lot of information at a glance appears to be associated with people’s cognitive decline more generally, so could (one day, potentially) be a quick and cheap method of assessing mild cognitive … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
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Exposure of Aged Mice to Young Blood Plasma Improves Age-Related Cognitive Impairment? (BBC News / NHS Choices / Nature Medicine / Science)
Summary Researchers at Stanford University believe they might have discovered a novel method of slowing, or even reversing, a range of ageing processes (mental and physical). Their work, based on mice so far, involved injecting the blood of young mice … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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