Stephanie Cosentino, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuropsychology, and colleagues are working on developing screening tools to detect subjective cognitive decline and more advanced forms of memory loss
A new study done by Dr. Jennifer Manly, professor of neuropsychology, and colleagues, found that the quality of the high school you attend may have an impact on cognition later in life
Richard Mayeux, MD, chair of the Department of Neurology at CUMC and colleagues are investigating a set of blood tests that may help correctly diagnose Alzheimer disease in low-resource environments
Many people live years or even decades with dementia, which causes death. Researching the symptoms and causes can dramatically help dementia care and prevention.
As Davangere Devanand, a neurologist at CUIMC, combed through the reams of scientific data on Alzheimer’s, he stumbled across a surprising idea – could an infection be involved in driving the disease?
Of all the possible contributors, intense physical activity was the likely disease-modifying factor, Davangere Devanand, MD, of CUIMC, and co-authors wrote in Alzheimer's & Dementia
"Hispanics and individuals of African ancestry have been significantly underrepresented in research of Alzheimer’s disease, although engaging underserved minorities is critical..." says Dr. Reitz
Research from Scott Small's lab at Columbia University suggests a different approach to tackling the disease, and a new startup company is now trying to turn that approach into treatments.
For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease.