The role of blood tests in Alzheimer's disease for diagnosis and treatment keeps growingBlood biomarkers will become more important for diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease in the upcoming years. In a new article in the Lancet Neurology prof. Dr. Charlotte Teunissen of the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam and international colleagues, describe how this development can change dementia care.
Brain changes in women during puberty, pregnancy and menopauseOver the course of life, the female brain can undergo three major hormonal transitions: puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. For the first time, researchers from the Pregnancy Brain Lab at Amsterdam UMC investigated whether these three transitions leave similar or distinct traces in the brain, using identical methods. Their study was published today in Nature.
Colin Groot receives ERC Starting Grant for research on biomarkers in dementiaResearcher Colin Groot of Alzheimer Center Amsterdam and the department of Neurology at Amsterdam UMC has been awarded an ERC starting grant of 2,5 million euro. With this grant he will investigate how reliable biomarkers can be for detecting and tracking brain diseases that cause dementia.
