Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease
In dramatic turn, Biogen seeks FDA approval for experimental Alzheimer’s drug Click HERE to learn more.
This week’s Coming Home Well podcast features Dr. Ann McKee talking veterans, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy & Traumatic Brain Injury – Click HERE to listen.
Ann McKee, a William Fairfield Warren professor, described the path that led her to become a physician and scientist and how she came to research chronic traumatic encephalopathy during her address at the School of Medicine MD/PhD Convocation May 16.
Researchers led by Boston University have taken a step forward in finding a way to diagnose the degenerative brain disease known as CTE in living people, advancing the understanding of an illness that now can only be confirmed after death.
The work of Dr. Rhoda Au, a researcher with the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center and CTE Center, has caught the attention of Bill Gates. In a recent blog, Gates wrote, “I recently met a researcher named Rhoda Au who is working on some seriously cool ways to detect Alzheimer’s. If her research proves successful, we […]
The Oxford Handbook of Adult Cognitive Disorders is an up-to-date, scholarly, and comprehensive volume covering most diseases, conditions, and injuries resulting in impairments in cognitive function in adults. Topics covered include normal cognitive and brain aging, the impact of medical disorders and psychiatric illnesses on cognitive function, adult neurodevelopmental disorders, and various neurological conditions.
The discovery, when further developed, could ameliorate or cure AD
We are happy to announce the publication of a major new book, Sports Neurology, co-edited by Dr. Robert Stern (Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center) Clinical Core Director and Director of Clinical Research for the BU CTE Center) and Dr. Brian Hainline (CMO of the NCAA).
What is CTE? CTE is a progressive degenerative brain disease associated with repetitive hits to the head. This study is designed to develop methods of diagnosing CTE during life. About the Study Participation involves a 2 – day visit once a year to the Boston University School of Medicine. Participants undergo a variety of tests, […]