What’s inside
Feature
Why the neuron next door survives
Why one neuron copes with tau while its neighbour doesn’t: a lab search for the cell’s own disposal system.
Feature
The brain may be running short of lithium
A trace metal most people know as a psychiatric drug, and what mice suggest about it.
The roundup
Repairs, so far in mice
Three ways researchers restored memory or cleared damage in mice. None has reached people with Alzheimer’s.
The roundup
Risk, measured in people
Four studies of who develops dementia, and how much more often.
- Higher body weight raises vascular dementia risk, largely through blood pressureResearch Index →
- Amyloid in brain blood vessel walls linked to higher five-year dementia riskResearch Index →
- Weak daily rest-activity rhythms linked to higher dementia riskResearch Index →
- Only the most severe CTE was clearly tied to dementiaResearch Index →
The roundup
Who’s protected, how we’ll test, who pays
Genes behind super agers, a finger-prick blood test, and this year’s research funding.
Spotted in the Wild
Worth a listen, worth a watch
A podcast and two short videos worth your time.