News:Risk factors
Read the latest news about research in risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
What are the differences according to race, ethnicity, sex and gender regarding Alzheimer's disease?
Dr. Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo co-chairs an international working group that investigates the relationship of these aspects with resilience to the disease
Proximity to parental age at onset of Alzheimer's indicates an increased risk of developing the disease in women
The study also points out that, with age, people who have experienced episodes of anxiety or depression in the past have increased hippocampal atrophy
New study finds changes in brain structure and cognition in people with insomnia
The research opens the door to a new line of research that will analyze the relationship between sleep quality and Alzheimer’s risk
BBRC and IMIM kick off a clinical trial of dementia prevention on people with memory problems
The PENSA Study will combine a program of interventions in lifestyle habits and the ingestion of a preparation based on a component from the green tea
New study relates alterations in white and gray matters and cognition
The results complement previous findings with participants of the Alfa Study
A study by BBRC and Hospital Clínic finds brain changes in healthy people with subjective cognitive impairment
The results show that people with beta-amyloid alteration and subjective perception of cognitive impairment have cerebral volume loss in areas associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. José Luis Molinuevo participates in a paper that recommends informing about beta amyloid as a risk factor for dementia
The vision, which is signed by scientists from international centers, has been published in Lancet Neurology
Myelin alterations are found in the white matter of people with higher Alzheimer’s risk
The Alfa Study, with the support of "la Caixa", has allowed to have a very extensive cohort of cognitively healthy participants
Alzheimer's disease risk factors have an impact on the brain structure and cognition of cognitively unimpaired middle-aged people
Such is the conclusion of BBRC researcher Anna Brugulat in her PhD thesis, the first developed in this research center
