Here is another post that follows through with this mornings theme:
In a world first, researchers at the Western Australian Centre for Health and AgeingI have discovered that a hormone controlling the release of testosterone is linked to poor memory in older men
According to a study published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, men with high levels of luteinising hormone (LH) had worse memory than those with lower levels. [continue reading…]
My two previous posts this morning focus on Alzheimer’s news. While researching the current posts I discovered Cambridge Brain Sciences -a website that provides scientifically proven tools for the assessment of cognitive function over the web. The Cambridge Brain Sciences concept was developed by Dr Adam Hampshire and Dr Adrian M. Owen at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
Members of the public and the wider scientific community can assess their cognitive function using rigorously tested and scientifically proven tests of memory, attention, reasoning and planning. All of the test made available on the site have been used in scientific studies of brain function by Dr Owen and his team at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and have been described in more than 150 scientific publications in leading academic journals.
Ive included a video demonstrating one of the tests. You can try one test from each Test Category without registering, or you can register your details to gain access to all of the tests and find out how you compare to other people like you. link to try tests
You might be interested to learn that chimps have been found to beat humans on this spatial memory test!
Source: Cambrige Brain Sciences
The BBC reports on a study by Cambridge scientists that has identified a gene that may give you an increased risk of a distressing early form of dementia.
Fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common type of dementia in the under 65s and can result in a complete personality change. link to read full report
Source:BBC
The UK’s leading dementia research charity, the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, has launched a nationwide TV campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for more research into the devastating diseases of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Source: The Alzheimers Research Trust
