Such tests are increasingly moving beyond their origins in cutting-edge research and into the laboratory and diagnostic ...

Doctors often use antidepressants to manage the depression, anxiety and agitation that accompanies a diagnosis of dementia. Now, a new study suggests the use of antidepressants may hasten the ...

Vascular dementia occurs when blood vessels in the brain are damaged, or the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain is interrupted. — Frontotemporal dementia: This is a rare form that develops in ...

Swedish scientists found dementia patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) suffered a more rapid decline in brain function compared to those not given the drugs. An ...

Scientists have developed a lipid nanoparticle system capable of delivering messenger RNA (mRNA) to the brain via intravenous injection, a challenge that has long been limited by the protective ...

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have discovered that some patients diagnosed with a serious brain disease called behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia ... of scan called a CT myelogram.

You may be offered a brain scan by your memory clinic. The most common types of brain scan used in dementia diagnosis are CT scans and MRI scans. Smaller clinics might just have CT scanners, whereas ...

This challenges existing theories and could lead to novel treatments. New research has revitalized interest in the longstanding link between brain trauma and dementia by focusing on the vascular ...

Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images ...