Health
Adults who self-reported higher vulnerability toward financial exploitation showed lower thickness in a brain region that is affected early in Alzheimer’s disease.
USC Dornsife News
Health
New USC Dornsife research reveals a link between the thickness of a certain brain region and vulnerability to financial exploitation in older adults.
Health
National Institute on Aging grants increase study participant diversity, add new data sources and fund new research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
Health
USC Dornsife researchers investigate for the first time if DMV reporting mandates are associated with clinicians’ likelihood of underdiagnosing dementia.
Health
More than 7 million Americans have MCI and don’t know it. That’s worrisome since early diagnosis is key to delaying onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Student
Neuroscience major Ammar Dharani sees his work as being at the crossroads of several fields that can help advance medicine.
Faculty
Air pollution diminishes the mental health benefits of exercise and may make a person more susceptible to Alzheimer’s or dementia, according to research by USC Dornsife and Arizona neuroscientists. [1¾ min read]
Faculty
Amid failed drug trials and mounting discoveries about Alzheimer’s complex list of triggers, USC Dornsife scientists say a single cure is unlikely. [5 min read]
Faculty
Psychology researcher Christopher Beam has embarked on a novel research project into a possible connection.
