Geriatrics News

A cohort of nursing home residents in Israel demonstrated a variety of delusional themes that were not linked to psychotic symptoms, according to study results. Researchers conducted a qualitative and quantitative analysis to describe the delusions experienced by 74 residents, aged 65 years and older and diagnosed with dementia, from nine nursing homes.

Mnemonic training strategies can help patients with mild cognitive impairment, as well as healthy individuals, improve brain activity and memory, new research demonstrates.

Subjecting the brain’s prefrontal cortex (PFC) to repeated stress significantly impairs the temporal order recognition memory by suppressing glutamate receptor expression and function, according to a recently published study.

Researchers have restored some cognitive function in mouse models with Alzheimer’s disease by genetically blocking the enzyme HDAC2. Results of the study from a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest drugs that inhibit HDAC2 may be suitable for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease.

Results of a nested, case-control analysis showed that there were similar, yet smaller, trends in associations between higher urinary bisphenol A concentration and coronary artery disease compared with results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Playing a brain training video game for 4 weeks may lead to improved executive functions and processing speed in the elderly, according to a randomized controlled trial.