Month: September 2021

Eat This B-Vitamin to Reduce Your Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

A new scientific study found that the B-vitamin folate is not only important during pregnancy, but may be a valuable nutrient in all phases of life. Researchers in China discovered that people with Alzheimer’s disease had lower levels of folate than in the healthy control… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on September 10, 2021

Cerebral Microbleed Detection via Convolutional Neural Network and Extreme Learning Machine

Aim: Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are small round dots distributed over the brain which contribute to stroke, dementia, and death. The early diagnosis is significant for the treatment.Method: In this paper, a new CMB detection approach was put forward for brain magnetic resonance images. We leveraged a sliding window to obtain training and testing samples from […]

Published on September 10, 2021

Neurovascular Alterations in Vascular Dementia: Emphasis on Risk Factors

Vascular dementia (VaD) constitutes the second most prevalent cause of dementia in the world after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). VaD regroups heterogeneous neurological conditions in which the decline of cognitive functions, including executive functions, is associated with structural and functional alterations in the cerebral vasculature. Among these cerebrovascular disorders, major stroke, and cerebral small vessel disease […]

Published on September 10, 2021