Research
A clutter-free environment may not help people with dementia carry out daily tasks in the way that has traditionally been thought, a new study has revealed.
Around one in 100 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 will develop brain conditions including stroke and haemorrhage as a result of the virus, the largest multi-site study to date has found.
A breakthrough ‘bench to bedside’ discovery, ten years in the making, has been made in the quest to advance the future treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in patients.
“Serious attention” must be paid to the wider psychological impact of stroke, including loneliness, which can lead to additional medical conditions or exacerbate existing symptoms, a new study has revealed.
Scans can detect brain injury sustained through repeated head impacts in sport, a new study has found.
More support is needed for families caring for former athletes living with neurodegenerative disease, a new study has revealed.
New highly sensitive quantum sensors for the brain may be able to identify brain diseases such as dementia, MND and Parkinson's, by spotting a slowing in the speed at which signals travel across the brain.
Investment of £375million will be made over the next five years to fund research into neurodegenerative diseases, it has been announced.
A new European initiative will see the development of a collaborative platform for data and sample sharing for neurodegenerative diseases.
‘Mini brains’ have been developed which allow researchers to study ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), giving new insight into the earliest stages of the diseases and giving rise to new treatment potential.
