Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with amyloid deposition and an increase in the risk of dementia, the mechanism behind this occurrence has remained unclear. Study: ...

A part of the brain connected to memory shrank in people with severe sleep-disordered breathing — which can include heavy snoring and sleep apnea — according to a new study. People with sleep apnea ...

A study led by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has succeeded in describing, for the first time in detail, the structural evolution of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) regions across the ...

Expert Rev Neurother. 2008;8(12):1879-1891. Cognitive neuroscientists have explored several types of episodic memory supported by the medial temporal lobes. Recall and recognition represent the two ...

Nov. 25, 2003 — The rate of medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is associated with cognitive decline, according to the results of a six-year longitudinal study ...

Scientists have identified a new factor that may explain why memory declines in Alzheimer’s disease, pointing to a disruption ...

Some older people accumulate tau in their medial temporal lobes but have no amyloid plaques, a condition called primary age-related tauopathy (PART). Do they eventually develop Alzheimer’s disease? In ...

Dr. Prashanth Rajarajan (Neurology): A 78-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of progressive confusion and evolving changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head. The ...

Tensor-based morphometry (TBM) analysis of T1-weighted MRI scans shows a comparison of brain volumes in participants with opioid use disorder (OUD) and healthy control participants. Widespread volume ...