Tag Archives: Structural MRI

Middle-Age Obesity and Accelerated Brain Ageing (BBC News / Neurobiology of Aging)

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience, examining the loss of white matter in the brains of lean and overweight persons, have discovered that the brains of overweight people tend to resemble those of leaner people who … Continue reading →

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Leg Power Helps Sustain Cognitive Ability? (BBC News / Gerontology)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A King’s College London study involving over 300 twins indicates that older women with stronger legs tend to perform better with respect to brain ageing. Full Text Link Reference Fit legs equals fit brain, study suggests. London: BBC Health … Continue reading →

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Blood Test Potentially Able to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Onset (BBC News / Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research published in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association may indicate a significant step forwards in developing a blood test which could be able to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease onset with 87% accuracy. Research … Continue reading →

Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers: Updated Hypothetical Model (Lancet Neurology)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A hypothetical model of the major biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease, published by the same authors in 2010, has been updated in the light of new evidence. Full Text Link Reference Jack, CR. Jr. Knopman, DS. [and] Jagust, WJ. [et … Continue reading →

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Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Summary The process of developing Alzheimer’s Disease is known to begin years before the formal diagnosis of clinical dementia. The concept … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged ASYMAD, Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), CSF Aβ, CSF Tau, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Fluid and Imaging Biomarkers, Metabolic FDG-PET, Molecular PIB-PET, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Structural MRI | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Structural MRI

Middle-Age Obesity and Accelerated Brain Ageing (BBC News / Neurobiology of Aging)

Leg Power Helps Sustain Cognitive Ability? (BBC News / Gerontology)

Blood Test Potentially Able to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Onset (BBC News / Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers: Updated Hypothetical Model (Lancet Neurology)

Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease

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