Posts Tagged ‘memory research’
Intranasal Insulin Improves Memory in Normal Adults and in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
I am the scientist who invented the intranasal insulin treatment that the Obama administration and NIH just announced they would provide millions of dollars in funding to further test and develop for Alzheimer’s disease. I first developed (US Patent 5,624,898: issued [Read More]
Sugar Makes You Stupid: Study Shows High Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning and Memory
This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory. Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA rat study is the first to [Read More]
Let There Be Light: It’s Good for Our Brains
EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted in EPFL’s Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO) have confirmed the [Read More]
Reduction of Excess Brain Activity Improves Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
Research published by Cell Press in the May 10th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a potential new therapeutic approach for improving memory and modifying disease progression in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. The study finds that excess brain [Read More]
Female and Younger Athletes Take Longer to Overcome Concussions
New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury. The study, led by [Read More]
Pavlov’s Electronic Dog
Nanotechnology scientists and memory researchers at the Kiel University redesigned a mental learning process using electronic circuits. The bell rings and the dog starts drooling. Such a reaction was part of studies performed by Ivan Pavlov, a famous Russian psychologist [Read More]
Deep Brain Stimulation May Hold Promise for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Small phase I study suggests ‘brain pacemaker’ could slow progression of AD A study on a handful of people with suspected mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that a device that sends continuous electrical impulses to specific “memory” [Read More]
Awake Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for Learning
Blocking it stumps memory-guided decision-making in rats – NIH-funded study Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study in rats. Without it, the animals’ memory-based decision-making faltered, say scientists [Read More]
Learning Mechanism of the Adult Brain Revealed
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) have now discovered how the adult brain can adapt to new situations. The Dutch researchers’ findings are published [Read More]
Get Moving: Daily Exercise May Reduce Alzheimer’s Disease Risk at Any Age
Daily physical exercise may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, even in people over the age of 80, according to a study published in the April 18, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “The study showed that not [Read More]
