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Inappropriate long-term use of antipsychotic drugs is common among people with dementia living in specialized care units This study investigated use of antipsychotic drug therapy for the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) among 344 people with…

Deep brain stimulation may provide many additional years of good functioning for carefully chosen, highly functioning patients. Results from an international clinical trial, published in the February 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that deep-brain stimulation (DBS)…

“Brain Activity Map project” is expected to be part of the president’s budget proposal next month. The front page of the New York Times on February 18th, 2013 revealed the Obama Administration may soon seek billions of dollars from Congress…

Major advance in genetic study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) The major genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) was identified by researchers in 2011.  A mutation known as a repeat expansion in…

A 12 week consultation has been launched in the UK to establish a full set of quality standards and guidance for social care The Department of Health, UK is seeking ideas from care users, their families and carers, service commissioners, care…

After a two-year contest, the European Commission has selected two research proposals that it will fund to the tune of half-a-billion euros each. The Human Brain Project, led by Henry Markram, a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology…

NIH-supported Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study group will undertake four clinical trials over five years With new research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the USA’s leading Alzheimer’s disease study network will undertake four major studies aimed at finding new treatments…

A predicted cut to Europe’s research programme, Horizon 2020, occurred as the final budget figures were released by the European Council in Brussels on February 8th. The budget has been reduced by over 12% according to the meeting’s final conclusions.…

Mounting evidence has suggested that toxic proteins that cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases spread from neuron to neuron in a slow crawl through the brain. That news sparked some concern among the media and the general public: Could…

Parkinson’s Disease Itself Does Not Increase Risk of Gambling, Shopping Addiction, Study Finds These results provide further evidence that impulse control disorders that occur in people with Parkinson’s disease are related to the exposure to the dopamine-related drugs, not just…