A new report from the Lancet Commission has summarised key points around dementia prevention, intervention and care. We are delighted Prof Karen Ritchie based at the Centre for Dementia Prevention was one of the co-authors of this paper. While scientists have looked into possible treatments for dementia for decades, the prevention aspect of the disease … Continue reading New report summarises evidence-based approaches to dementia prevention, intervention and care »

We are hugely excited to launch the TriBEKa consortium today at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London. The Centre for Dementia Prevention is one of the three pillars that form the TriBEKa consortium – a collaboration between three world leading academic and research centres for dementia prevention. The TriBEKa (Tri Barcelona, Edinburgh and Karolinska) Imaging Platform builds upon … Continue reading Major collaboration will provide a better look inside the ageing brain »

Scientists from the Universities of Zurich, Pennsylvania and Edinburgh have used animal models to look into the biology of neurodegenerative diseases. A type of brain cell called microglia has so far been considered to be protective, as it clears up toxic amyloid plaques in the brain that lead to the development of Alzheimer’s dementia. However, … Continue reading A fault in a protective brain-cell might cause neurodegenerative diseases »

Once a year, many of the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) team meet in a General Assembly to discuss the study progress and future plans. Referred to as the “Epadistas”, maybe reflecting the sense of revolution as opposed to evolution of the EPAD approach to preventing dementia, the 150 EPAD study team who attended … Continue reading Stockholm’s warm welcome to the EPAD study »

On 28th May we have 5 teams of four people running in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival ‘Hairy Haggis’ Relay. The 20 people in the teams are members of staff from across the University, international research collaborators (from Belgium) and participants in the PREVENT Dementia project. It has blown me away how engaged everyone is in our … Continue reading In the running to PREVENT Dementia »

To mark Dementia Awareness week, we invited our research participants to send in any questions they had about dementia, to be answered by our scientists, clinicians and researchers. We received a fantastic response, and would like to thank everyone who took the time to contact us. Here are the most popular questions, with answers from … Continue reading Dementia Awareness Week: Your questions answered »

We are thrilled that the PREVENT Dementia study has reached a point where the study follow-up visits are on-going and preliminary results from the baseline assessments have just been published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. The PREVENT Dementia study is looking to identify early indicators of dementia in middle aged people that may appear decades before any dementia symptoms occur. … Continue reading Mapping out specific cognitive abilities in midlife might predict future dementia risk »

We are delighted to announce CDP’s involvement in this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival: Dementia research and prevention: illuminating brain changes Saturday 15 — Sunday 16 April Join us for an illuminating evening of scientific discussion and research at the University of Edinburgh’s dementia research laboratory. Supported by Alzheimer’s Research UK, this event offers a … Continue reading Dementia in the spotlight at this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival »

The Centre for Dementia Prevention Basic Science domain studies the early development of neurodegenerative disease. In a new publication Eleanor Pickett (pictured below) and colleagues looked at a protein called tau and the role of tau tangles in the very earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease development on a mouse model. The authors highlight the importance … Continue reading Study confirms the early role of protein tau in the development of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model »

As research and clinical trials into Alzheimer’s disease continue to move towards focusing on a preclinical and an outwardly healthy population, a new international study evaluates the role of education in later life memory performance. One of the senior academics in the Centre for Dementia Prevention and a Senior Lecturer in Statistics Dr Graciela Muniz-Terrera … Continue reading Evaluating the role of education in protecting against cognitive decline and memory changes: a cross European study »