Alzheimer's & Cognition
Conference Coverage
Antipsychotic cuts Alzheimer’s-related agitation
Brexpiprazole will become the first drug to be approved for agitation in AD, doctor speculates.
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Cognitive remediation training reduces aggression in schizophrenia
Adding social training did not have a significant impact in curbing aggressive behaviors.
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Migraine after concussion linked to worse outcomes
Although most children recover quickly from a concussion, approximately one-third continue to report symptoms a month after the event.
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Black people are less likely to receive dementia meds
Analysis of a large data set reveals racial inequities in the administering of medications for dementia symptoms.
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Childhood nightmares a prelude to cognitive problems, Parkinson’s?
Compared with children who never had distressing dreams between ages 7 and 11 years, those who had persistent distressing dreams were 76% more...
News
Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
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Any level of physical activity tied to better later-life memory
Those who exercised to any extent in adulthood had significantly better cognitive scores later in life, compared with their peers who were...
Hitting a Nerve
Alzheimer’s disease: What is ‘clinically meaningful’?
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Higher dementia risk in women explained?
A new analysis of data found almost no evidence of sex differences in most known risk factors for dementia.
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Regular laxative use tied to increased dementia risk
Those who reported regular laxative use had a 51% increased risk of dementia due to any cause, a new study finds.
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Adult brains contain millions of ‘silent synapses’
An estimated 30% of all synapses in the brain’s cortex are silent and become active to allow the adult brain to continually form new memories and...