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A healthier heart could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Mitochondria not only are the cell’s main power producers, they are also the chief cooks and bottle washers.

One of the most promising new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease may already be in your kitchen. Curcumin, a natural product found in the spice turmeric, has been used by many Asian cultures for centuries, and a new study indicates a close chemical analog of curcumin has properties that may make it useful as a treatment for the brain disease.

Laura Dugan strives to bring breakthroughs in neuroscience research and the aging brain together.

Reporting last week in the journal Cell, researchers from Oregon Health and Science University, Harvard Medical School and Vanderbilt University describe the first “four-dimensional” picture of a brain receptor that plays a key role in learning and memory.

Autopsies have revealed that some individuals develop the cellular changes indicative of Alzheimer’s disease without ever showing clinical symptoms in their lifetime.