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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

UC Irvine’s Thai B. Nguyen, Leslie Thompson and Robert Spitale (from left).

UC Irvine-led team discovers potential new therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease

Molecular mechanisms revealed that drive RNA processing defects leading to disorder

UCI neurologist Ravi Rajmohan

UC Irvine-led study challenges traditional risk factors for brain health in the oldest-old

Findings highlight potential significant role of certain medications in avoiding dementia

Xiangmin Xu, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of anatomy and neurobiology and director of the campus’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping

UC Irvine-led team reveals how TREM2 genetic mutation affects late-onset Alzheimer's

First-of-their-kind insights into brain effects could yield new targets for early intervention

Smiling woman standing in front of plants. says Jung-Ah Lee, professor and associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing.

UC Irvine nursing professor is inducted into Sigma Theta Tau international hall of fame

Jung-Ah Lee’s geriatric care research aims to improve family caregivers’ quality of life

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CNCM is awarded $1.4 million NIH grant for Alzheimer's disease research training

Funds will support projects with significant clinical translational potential