Alumni Profile Signs of resilience: PhD Program alum Beth Mormino images aging brains to identify predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease "Everyone’s brain has its own individual differences, like a fingerprint." Beth Mormino, PhD Program alum…georgeannMay 29, 2018
Research Discovery A Little Amyloid, A Lot of Trouble? Two new longitudinal analyses suggest that even small elevations in brain amyloid, far below the…georgeannMay 5, 2018
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News Out-of-sync brain waves may explain why we get forgetful as we age Our brains don’t rest when we sleep. Electrical waves ripple through our noggins as our…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News How sleep impacts your memory Research reveals that as we age, brain waves become unsynchronized. Because of that, the brain…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Research Discovery Offbeat brain rhythms during sleep make older adults forget Like swinging a tennis racket during a ball toss to serve an ace, slow and…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Research Discovery Aβ, Tau Absolved of Causing Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Why do only some people with Parkinson’s disease decline cognitively? Scientists have proposed various theories,…georgeannDecember 14, 2017
Research Discovery New research shows where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur In Alzheimer’s, the initial changes in the brain occur through retention of the protein, β-amyloid…georgeannNovember 1, 2017
Research Discovery PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer’s protein growth in aging brains New research led by scientists at UC Berkeley shows for the first time that PET…georgeannMarch 2, 2016
News Suspected Non-Alzheimer Pathophysiology: It’s Not Exactly a Snap Suspected non-Alzheimer's pathophysiology has puzzled the field since researchers coined the term three years ago.…georgeannSeptember 11, 2015