Alzheimer's Disease: New Risk Genes Discovered
From Cardiff University News Centre: New Alzheimer’s risk genes discovered in record study27 October 2013 "In the largest ever study of its kind, an international collaboration of scientists, jointly led by Cardiff, has uncovered 11 new susceptibility genes linked with Alzheimer’s disease. "This major breakthrough will significantly advance scientists’ knowledge of Alzheimer’s. It throws open new research avenues and enables a better understanding of the disease’s disordered functional processes." Read the full press release here. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - October 28, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
MOOCs: HarvardX "Fundamentals of Clinical Trials"
The HarvardX edX course "Fundamentals of Clinical Trials" started yesterday. Here is some information about the course [click here]. The content for Week One is quite good and presented well by the course faculty. From the course information page: [snip] "This course will provide an introduction to the scientific, statistical, and ethical aspects of clinical trials research. Topics include the design, implementation, and analysis of trials, including first-in-human studies (dose-finding, safety, proof of concept, and Phase I), Phase II, Phase III, and Phase IV studies. All aspects of the development of a study protocol wil...
Source: BrainBlog - October 15, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Lewy Body Dementia
Last week, The Dana Foundation offered online this general overview to Lewy Body Dementia: Lewy Body Dementia: The Under-Recognized but Common FoeBy Meera Balasubramaniam and James E. GalvinOctober 02, 2013 Read the article (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - October 11, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Upcoming Event (Alzheimer's Disease): 7th Canadian Conference on Dementia (This Week, Vancouver, BC)
The conference website homepage is canadianconferenceondementia.com (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - October 1, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Disease: Amyvid News
One of the number of media reports about today's Amyvid news: Lilly fails to persuade Medicare to pay for Alzheimer's imaging drugSeptember 30, 2013By Tracy StatonFiercePharmaRead article [snippet] "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has handed down its final decision on Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's imaging agent Amyvid. The final answer, after appeals from Lilly and patient groups? No. Medicare won't pay for Amyvid-aided brain scans, not outside of clinical trials." [snippet] (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - October 1, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Today's TED Talk: Dr. James Flynn of "The Flynn Effect"
Watch his TED talk here. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - September 26, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
OBIT: Dr. David Hubel
From The Washington Post: David H. Hubel, Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist, dies at 8723 September 2013 Read the article Here is a link to his Nobel Prize lecture: link (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - September 24, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
"Dementia Management" MOOC Coming This Autumn
At Coursera, Dr. Nancy Hodgson and Dr. Laura N. Gitlin, who is Director of the Center for Innovative Care in Aging at Johns Hopkins University, will offer her MOOC this autumn. Here is a story on the MOOC from The New York Times "The New Old Age" blog: "Online Lessons in Dementia Management" (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - September 16, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Disease: Jeanne Murray Walker Interview on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show
The author speaks about her new book "The Geography of Memory: A Pilgrimage Through Alzheimer's" The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC06 September 2013Listen to the interview (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - September 12, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
"The Brain, Within its Groove" by Emily Dickinson
The Brain, within its Groove Runs evenly--and true-- But let a Splinter swerve-- 'Twere easier for You-- To put a Current back-- When Floods have slit the Hills-- And scooped a Turnpike for Themselves-- And trodden out the Mills-- -Emily Dickinson In the world of MOOCs, few courses have had the creativity and success as the course about "Modern and Contemporary American Poetry" by Dr. Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of its wonderful Kelly Writers House. Few courses, in real life or online, have such a dedicated teacher as Al. The course, part of Al's regular teaching at UPenn in its English Depart...
Source: BrainBlog - September 9, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
OBIT: Dr. Peter Huttenlocher
Peter Huttenlocher, Explorer of the Brain, Dies at 82By WILLIAM YARDLEYThe New York TimesAugust 26, 2013 Read here (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - August 31, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Disease: The ADAMS Study
Information about The ADAMS study:click here for homepage (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - August 31, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Location: Pacific Northwest Udall Center (PANUC) in Seattle, Washington
Visit the website of the Pacific Northwest Udall Center (PANUC). This is the location for today's Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - August 15, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day: Parkinson's Disease
Conclusions: The PANUC Clinical Consortium is a clinically and cognitively well-characterized cohort of patients with PD. Baseline cohort characteristics demonstrate a high rate of cognitive impairment in the sample, as well as potential sex differences with regard to cognitive diagnosis. The PANUC Clinical Consortium, with its access to biomarker, genetic, and autopsy data, provides an excellent foundation for detailed research related to cognitive impairment in PD. PMID: 23938350 [PubMed - in process] (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - August 15, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day: Apathy in Traumatic Brain Injury
A Multidimensional Approach to Apathy after Traumatic Brain Injury.Neuropsycholology Review 2013 Aug 7;Arnould A, Rochat L, Azouvi P, & Van der Linden MAbstractApathy is commonly described following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is associated with serious consequences, notably for patients' participation in rehabilitation, family life and later social reintegration. There is strong evidence in the literature of the multidimensional nature of apathy (behavioural, cognitive and emotional), but the processes underlying each dimension are still unclear. The purpose of this article is first, to provide a critical review of t...
Source: BrainBlog - August 9, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
