Alzheimer’s Disease
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Early life stress, neighborhood conditions contribute to dementia
More than 5 million Americans today are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and African Americans are disproportionately affected. New research released this week may help explain…
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‘Peer inside’ the brain during Northeastern’s Brain Awareness Week
Can disposable diapers help us understand a new technology that could reveal how the brain generates thoughts, feelings, behavior, and sensations? The answer is yes,…
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New research offers ‘critical insights’ for treating, preventing Alzheimer’s disease
Northeastern professor Lee Makowski and his colleagues suggest that Alzheimer’s disease may progress not like falling dominoes, with one molecular event sparking the formation of…
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Northeastern partners on Boston’s new Alzheimer’s initiative
Alice Bonner, an associate professor of nursing at Northeastern and a national leader in Alzheimer’s disease care research, will lead the university’s efforts as part…
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Researcher studies protein’s role in aging
Sunny Zhou, an associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the importance of…
