Research

  • Study projects Japanese population will live longer

    Study projects Japanese population will live longer

    A detailed microsimulation, using a database of 40 million people, has examined the future of Japan’s ageing population up to 2043. It projects that more people will live longer, and that overall years spent living with dementia will decrease. However, the model highlighted the diversity of impacts on different segments of the population, as Japanese [...]

  • Study looks into apathy and Alzheimer’s progression link

    Study looks into apathy and Alzheimer’s progression link

    Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine are studying why neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as apathy and irritability, appear in most Alzheimer’s disease patients before the onset of memory loss. The study, led by Yao-Ying Ma, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, was recently featured in the publication Molecular Psychiatry. The team of researchers identified a receptor [...]

  • Blood biomarker may predict dementia before symptoms

    Blood biomarker may predict dementia before symptoms

    New research from NUI Galway and Boston University has identified a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia, even before the onset of symptoms. The study was published on April 26 in the 'Journal of Alzheimer's Disease'. Researchers measured blood levels of P-tau181, a marker of neurodegeneration, in 52 [...]