Studying neural stem cells could shed light on how environmental aspects interact with genetic risk factors for dementia, says University Professor Caleb Finch.
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Category: Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Labor of Love: COVID-19 Made it Clear We Need to Care for Caregivers
The pandemic kept kids home from school and upended the workplace, placing Americans who care for aging family members under even more pressure.
Two Health Food Industry Pioneers Support Research on How Diet & Nutrition Affect Alzheimer’s
The USC Daryl and Irwin Simon Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Research Fund was created to explore the role diet can play in the prevention or delay of Alzheimer’s disease.
Clean Air Matters for a Healthy Brain
USC researchers say their studies on air pollution and cognitive decline — one involving humans and one with mice — provide evidence that cleaner air may reduce risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Register for the The Voices of Young Caregivers in the Digital Age Event
The event will be taking place on October 1, 2021 from 4pm-7pm PDT online and in the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Auditorium.
World Alzheimer’s Month: Andrei Irimia discusses brain health and the relationship between concussions and Alzheimer’s
Assistant Professor of Gerontology Andrei Irimia discusses the impacts of brain injury in the most recent episode of the Lessons in Lifespan Health podcast.
Nutrition Expert Achieves Global Reach In Fighting Alzheimer’s With USC Leonard Davis
At the Amos Institute, alumna Amylee Amos shares dietary interventions that aim to slow or potentially reverse neurodegenerative decline.
Amazon indigenous group’s lifestyle may hold a key to slowing down aging
According to a new study, the Tsimane people in Bolivia appear to have healthier brains that age more slowly.
Associate Professor Julie Zissimopoulos: the impact and economics of Alzheimer’s
Julie Zissimopoulos is an associate professor in the USC Price School of Public Policy and the co-director of the Aging and Cognition Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, where she’s also a senior fellow and the director of two NIA-funded
Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease, USC study shows
Using MRIs and machine learning, researchers mapped comparable degenerative changes in gray and white matter of the brain.