CLEVELAND: This multiple method pilot evaluation is aimed to generate preliminary data on the effectiveness of the Residential Care Transition Module (RCTM). The RCTM is a six-session, 4-month psychosocial intervention designed to help families manage their emotional and psychological distress following residential care placement of Read More »

ORLANDO: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis all ravage the brain in very different ways.

But they have at least one thing in common, says Corinne Lasmezas, a neuroscientist and professor at Scripps Research Institute, in Jupiter, Fla. Each spreads from brain cell to brain Read More »

ORLANDO: A recent study regarding Alzheimer’s shows that nerve cells in the brain become strangled when certain proteins become long fibers that accumulate and ultimately strangle the cells. It is in the International Space Station where medical researchers focused on studying Alzheimer’s are working hand Read More »

DENVER: McGill researchers have discovered, for the first time, the importance of a key epigenetic regulator in the development of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning, memory and neural stem cells.

Epigenetic regulators change the way specific genes function without altering Read More »