KEYWORD

dementia

UC Irvine biomedical sciences Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Andrews in a lab looking into a microscope.

From idea to impact

UC Irvine researchers are turning discovery into real-world change

Michael Yassa group demonstrating MRI brain scan technology in FIBRE lab.

Brain shape changes could offer early warning signs of dementia

UC Irvine research shows that the brain’s shifting geometry is tied to memory loss, dementia risk

S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UC Irvine awarded $18 million grant to lead landmark dementia study

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding to study an important new degenerative brain disease

UC Irvine expands national leadership in Alzheimer's research with $21 million grant

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding for 5 more years to further discovery

Aaron Bornstein

Detecting dementia earlier

With $4 million grant, UC Irvine researcher seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

Neha Gujjula (left), a third-year neurobiology major, and Kaitlin To, a third-year ecology and evolutionary biology major, are co-presidents of the Brain Exercise Initiative’s UC Irvine chapter.

Use it or lose it

Student members of the Brain Exercise Initiative work to improve cognition among residents of senior living facilities

Dana B. Mukamel, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of medicine

Study finds home healthcare agencies discontinuing telehealth post-pandemic

National survey by UC Irvine and other institutions highlights funding policy gaps

Michael Yassa, right, with co-authors Bryce Mander and Destiny Berisha.

Study links REM sleep apnea to brain changes, memory loss in older adults

UC Irvine researchers find that low oxygen levels may injure critical cerebral regions

Louhua Jiang professor of epidemiology and biostatistics

AI effectively predicts dementia risk in American Indian/Alaska Native elders

UC Irvine study provides framework for how machine learning models identify novel predictors

Kei Igarashi, UC Irvine associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, is awarded the 41st Inoue Prize for Science by Atsushi Koma, president of the Inoue Foundation.

UC Irvine School of Medicine associate professor awarded Inoue Prize for Science

Kei Igarashi recognized for outstanding achievement in memory and dementia research