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‘Fight or flight’ – unless internal clocks are disrupted, study in mice shows

October 4, 2021April 25, 2022

For humans and animals, many aspects of normal behavior and physiology rely on the proper functioning of the body’s circadian clocks.

Time until dementia symptoms appear can be estimated via brain scan

September 16, 2021February 19, 2024

Alzheimer’s dementia predicted by brain amyloid levels, age

Cannabis use disorder: another COVID risk factor

August 18, 2021April 25, 2022

Research indicates problematic marijuana use is correlated with poorer COVID-19 outcomes

Creed and Other Outstanding Mental Health Researchers Honored by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

August 5, 2021August 13, 2021

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) has announced the winners of its 2021 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, which recognize exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness. The prizes are awarded annually to honor the work of outstanding scientists who have been supported by the Foundation’s Young Investigator Grants Program. “The Klerman and Freedman prizes […]

Protein linked to heart health, disease a potential therapeutic target for dementia

June 22, 2021November 5, 2021

Mice prone to developing Alzheimer’s-like brain damage have potentially damaging activated immune cells in their brains (above). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that high levels of a normal protein associated with reduced heart disease also protect against Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice, opening up new approaches to slowing or stopping brain damage and cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s. (Image: Yang Shi)

Brain protein reduces Alzheimer’s-like brain damage in mice

Studies reveal skull as unexpected source of brain immunity

June 3, 2021November 5, 2021

Immune cells from skull bone marrow guard the brain, spinal cord

Burris Receives $150,000 Washington University School of Medicine Grant for Autophagy Research

June 2, 2021January 12, 2022

Tom Burris, Ph.D., FAAAS, FAHA, Alumni Chair in Pharmaceutical Education and vice president for research at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, has received a $150,000 grant from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis’ Philip and Sima Needleman Center for Autophagy Therapeutics and Research to support research related to […]

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