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UC Irvine neuroscientists Frank LaFerla and Mathew Blurton-Jones (pictured) were awarded $3.6 million April 29 toward the development of an…

UC Irvine-Penn immune cell discovery a new attack on Alzheimer’s, neurological disorders

UCI study provides first evidence about how this protective mutation may reduce disease risk

UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The NIA funds only 32 of these centers at […]

UCI-led study reveals crucial mechanisms contributing to the disease

The UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Orange County Community Foundation’s S.L. Gimbel Foundation Fund. The money will support the testing of 1,200+ FDA-approved compounds to gauge their effectiveness in preventing microglia from destroying brain synapses. Such damage “is seen frequently in patients with Alzheimer’s […]

UCI researchers win grant to explore why Alzheimer’s affects more women

Claudia Kawas turns the study of the disease on its head, leading other researchers to change their assumptions

UCI mouse study points to new treatments to limit effects of neurological disorder

UCI mouse study finds dramatic increase in brain plaques when key cells are lacking