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How daytime sleep can raise dementia risk

“Daytime sleep is lighter, since it is not aligned with the circadian clock, and hence fails to fulfill the homeostatic function of sleep,” the doctor...

Do you know rare fat molecule helps drive cell death? Study finds

Study discovers how lack of sleep might affect brain

Study explains why Covid virus affects smell and taste

'Inflammation discovery may slow aging, prevent age-related diseases'

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'Neurodegenerative disease progression linked to proteins in brain'

Jiali Li, a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, and her team developed a unique silicon nitride nanopore-based sensing device as a...

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Researchers give insights into pathology of new type of dementia

LATE is a separate condition with its own risks and causes, albeit it sometimes coexists with Alzheimer's disease or AD.

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Molecule in brain that boost ability to fight Alzheimers found

The molecule the researchers identified, called a kinase, is crucial to both removing plaque buildup associated with Alzheimer's and preventing the...

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Study reveals process of how Parkinson's disease spreads in brain

Parkinson's is a disorder that features the deaths of neurons in a characteristic pattern of spread through the brain, normally unfolding over...

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Covid infection may accelerate brain ageing

Covid-19 is known to invade and infect the brain, among other major organs. Several brain imaging studies on Covid victims and survivors have...

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Nightmares exhibit earliest signs of Parkinson’s disease: Study

A new study, published in eClinicalMedicine, showed that in a cohort of older men, individuals experiencing frequent bad dreams were twice as likely...