cognitive disorders

October 25, 2023

Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine named Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium Member Site

The Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine has been named an Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium Member Site.

By Danny Bonvissuto
February 23, 2023

Review explores ICU-related cognitive impact scores

A recent systematic review by Vanderbilt researchers has taken a close look at the cognitive instruments used in long-term outcome studies of survivors of adult critical illness and how those test scores are interpreted.

By Nancy Humphrey
July 30, 2020

Memory complaints linked to changes in brain structure in postmenopausal women

Memory complaints in younger postmenopausal women are associated with differences in brain structure and may serve as an early marker for risk of future cognitive decline, according to a study published June 22 in Menopause by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers.

By Kelsey Herbers
brain and lightning
June 22, 2020

Single mutation causes seizure disorder

A single mutation in one gene can impair inhibitory signaling in the brain and cause multiple types of seizures and behavioral abnormalities.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 27, 2018

Alzheimer’s proteins in ICU survivors

The cognitive impairment that affects patients who survive a stay in the ICU does not appear to have a similar mechanism to Alzheimer’s disease, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered.

By Meredith Jackson
March 9, 2018

Brain connections in schizophrenia

Brain imaging studies have implicated the connection between two brain regions in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 7, 2017

Dementia linked to diet

Some memory deficits observed in Alzheimer’s disease may be due to co-morbid illnesses – not the disease itself – and may be reversed by lifestyle changes or pharmacologic interventions.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 20, 2015

Study seeks to ease ‘chemobrain’ for cancer patients

Many women who receive chemotherapy for breast cancer report problems with their thinking, memory and attention after treatment.
By Nancy Humphrey
May 1, 2015

New player in neuronal communication

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a novel mechanism for the development of dendritic spines – sites of nerve cell communication.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 4, 2014

Blood pressure gene tied to cognitive decline

Size may not matter in a lot of things, but when it comes to cognitive decline, the size of the hippocampus definitely seems to be an issue.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2013

VUCast: Startling brain-related study on critically ill patients

In the latest VUCast: ICU patients are leaving hospitals with a dementia-like disease; What’s the fate of the Republican Party?; Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham; and It's time to celebrate -- the Rate My Professor 2013 rankings are in. All this and more in Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 3, 2013

Study finds cognitive deficits common after critical illness

Patients treated in intensive care units across the globe enter their medical care with no evidence of cognitive impairment but often leave with deficits similar to those seen in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that persist for at least a year, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
By Craig Boerner