BOSTON: Inside a fifth-floor lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a 76-year-old neuroscientist is helping to reinvent psychiatry by hotwiring the brains of mice.

Susumu Tonegawa has figured out how to reverse symptoms of depression in moody male rodents by reactivating the happy memories Read More »

MIAMI: Recent research has established associations between certain environmental factors, including eating a western diet and being sedentary, with an increased susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease. It is estimated that a combination of diet and inactivity contributes to as many as 25 percent of Alzheimer’s cases. Read More »

DALLAS: Adults aged at least 80 years are more likely to experience the effects of dementia than CVD, according to research.

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) was identified as a determinant of mortality, CHD and MI in this population.

All participants underwent a yearly cognitive evaluation Read More »

DALLAS: Staff and patients at Wirral mental health trust are taking part in a pioneering research program that could lead to a new way combat Alzheimer’s.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership trust’s research team led by consultant Psychiatrist Jose Ferran are working with a Swiss pharmaceutical Read More »