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Registration is Open for the 11th Annual Sanders-Brown Markesbery Symposium

Nov 2, 2021, 7:21 AM

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear clinicians and researchers from the University of Kentucky share current findings on dementia and aging disorders.

Study Suggests Personalized Medicine May be the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

Oct 8, 2021, 7:15 AM

A recently released paper from the Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) suggests that genetics can influence response to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Receives $14.5 Million to Continue Alzheimer's Disease Research and Outreach

Aug 18, 2021, 7:40 AM

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will receive renewed funding for its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) program from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health.

Recent Study Identifies 11 Candidate Genetic Variants for Alzheimer’s Disease

Jul 13, 2021, 8:10 AM

A recently published study from University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher Justin Miller, Ph.D., found 11 rare genetic variants spanning 10 genes, including previously unknown variants in two known Alzheimer's disease risk genes.

UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Prepares for This Year’s 'Memory Sunday'

Jun 9, 2021, 8:09 AM

The day was established to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on the African American community, since their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is two to three times higher than white Americans.

UK’s Sanders-Brown Researchers Discover Polyamines Prevent Collection of Alzheimer’s Disease Protein

Jun 7, 2021, 8:15 AM

A published study focused on polyamines, molecules produced by our own cells and found in the foods we eat. Polyamine supplementation could boost mitochondrial function and memory as we age.

New UK Research May Offer Hope for Alzheimer’s Patients

Jun 4, 2021, 6:59 AM

UK Neuroscience Professor Greg Gerhardt's new research program will provide answers to questions about the role of neurotransmitters in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Research Establishes a New Method to Predict Individual Risk of Cognitive Decline

Feb 5, 2021, 10:25 AM

Their work shows that direct measures of brain signatures during mental activity are more sensitive and accurate predictors of memory decline than current standard behavioral testing.

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UK Researcher Finds Alzheimer’s Patients ‘Get Hooked on a Feeling’ With Music

Jan 26, 2021, 8:08 AM

Newly published research has found familiar music can elicit an extended emotional response in patients with Alzheimer’s-type dementia. The findings from this potential new approach were featured in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

UK Study Potentially Links Low Blood Amylin Level to Reduced Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Jan 21, 2021, 8:41 AM

Florin Despa says that a major scientific goal is to understand whether the same factors that are involved in age-related metabolic disorders such as type-2 diabetes may also play a role in the development and progression of cognitive decline and dementia.

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