Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a condition that causes symptoms relating to movement, especially eye movement, as well as dementia. Although people with PSP experience dementia, skills like decision-making, organisation and concentration are more impaired than memory. Read this blog post to find out more about this rare type of dementia.
Bailey Filer is a summer research assistant at DPUK. Read about her project exploring how to reduce dementia risk by promoting the use of hearing aids to correct hearing loss.
There are several different ways to generate detailed images of the brain in a living human, each of which requires a specialised type of brain scanner. As technology advances, machines are developed that can even combine multiple types of scan in one. Learn about the different brain scanners that exist and how they work in this blog post.
When the body\u2019s immune system is activated \u2013 by anything from bacteria to toxic chemicals \u2013 it releases certain cells that trigger inflammation. This is the cause of the swelling, redness and pain that appear when you damage your skin. A similar process called neuroinflammation occurs beneath the skin when something threatens to damage the brain. There is a growing collection of evidence that neuroinflammation may play an important role in the progression of dementia.
The theme of this year's Dementia Action Week is diagnosis, highlighting the importance of diagnosing dementia. To contribute to the discussion, we shared the following content on our Twitter account throughout the week.
The latest figures estimate that 57.4 million people are currently living with dementia across the world. Experts are trying to predict how this number will change in the coming years to better inform global public health messaging and resource allocation.
Humans aren\u2019t the only species that can develop dementia \u2013 a condition known as cognitive dysfunction syndrome has been reported extensively in dogs as well as cats, horses, and rabbits.
Data is an invaluable resource that can provide insights into health from a population level right down to each individual within it. By looking for trends in datasets, data scientists can answer questions such as how likely certain people are to get dementia, what the typical biological hallmarks of dementia are, and even detect the earliest signs that an individual\u2019s health is deteriorating.
Treating vascular disease has huge potential to improve the cognitive health of people around the world, according to a special issue of a major new journal edited by DPUK researcher Dr Atticus Hainsworth.
Music is around us all from a very early age, whether in the form of nursery rhymes or the music our parents danced around the kitchen to. But while music we listen to at an early age may not always shape our own taste as we get older, music is deeply intertwined with memories and can take us back to an exact point in time to relive the sights, sounds, and feelings.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare form of dementia that affects one in every 5,000 people across the world. In CJD symptoms get worse very quickly, with 90% of patients dying within a year of their diagnosis. Read on to learn more about this extraordinary type of dementia.
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Friday 11th February 2022) we filled Twitter with quotes from female dementia researchers working as part of Dementias Platform UK. In case you missed it - or don't have a Twitter account - here's what our incredible researchers had to say about their experience of being women in science.
There are many things about dancing that make it great for our brains and bodies, but can its benefits extend as far as improving the thinking skills of people with dementia?
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