AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Naila brings you 21 articles from January 2024, on non-pharmacological approaches to the prevention and intervention of Alzheimer's disease. You'll be treated to research from computational modeling, to rodent models, to clinical trials, with a particular focus on optimizing and personalizing intervention strategies. This episode also covers some research on the role of caregivers, and several papers consider the socioeconomic and ethnographic context in which these studies take place. Let's get to it!

Stimulation Techniques (7)

Exercise (3)

Cognitive Training (2)  

Art Therapy and Dyad Interventions (4)

Lifestyle Interventions and Prevention (5)

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Join Christy for 12 papers from January 2024 on structural neuroimaging in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. This episode is a bit different from past ones because it's all about the use of machine learning and deep learning. Whether you're an AI researcher or simply curious about the topic, you won't want to miss this episode.

Detecting AD (3:42)  

Predictions, associations or comparisons (16:48)

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You can find the bibliography for this episode here, or by clicking the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KE4oVzsdER5iTuSqN9J5UMUk27S5w...

Another series of AMiNDR kicks off with this episode. Anusha takes you through 7 papers published in January 2024 targeting neuroprotection in AD. If you'd like to hear about potential compounds that could reduce neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, this is the episode for you.

Testing for neuroprotection in cell lines (2:57)
Testing for neuroprotection using in vivo AD models (11:47)

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You can find the bibliography for this episode here, or by clicking the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A4HZVCtgh5AwZkd5V2ATZSFAxGJt48q3/view?usp=drive_link

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Another special episode to help kick off our return! In what we hope to be a recurring special series, an interview with members in our scholarly community on navigating the multiple facets of life as a scientist. In the first episode, host Kevin Nishimura interviews one of our own Joseph Liang on his personal journey to and through graduate school. Tune in to learn what he has to say about getting into graduate school, and how his perspective on the journey has changed since he's started! We hope you enjoy, and please let us know if you want to...

In today's episode, Naila provides an overview of 14 articles published in November 2023 on non-pharmacological interventions for AD. You'll hear about cognitive training, music therapy, chair yoga, providing support to caregivers, and a range of neural stimulation techniques. Enjoy!

Cognitive and Social Factors (2:26)

Lifestyle interventions (13:40)

Stimulation Techniques (19:20)

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You can find the bibliography for this episode here, or by clicking the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A4HZVCtgh5AwZkd5V2ATZSFAxGJt48q3/view?usp=drive_link

To access the folder with AL...

Join us as we cover a set of papers published in November 2023 on treatments targeting cholinergic transmission in Alzheimer's disease. In this episode hosted by Christy, we will go over various topics, from drug discovery using synthesized compounds to drug testing of plant extracts, as well as improving drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier. Enjoy!

Papers evaluating synthesized compounds (2:00)  

Papers targeting AchE (10:45)

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You can find the bibliography for this episode here, or by clicking the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wh1EFtB3KrW0J6C...

As we get back up to speed on our regular episodes, we thought we'd treat you (and ourselves) to something out of the ordinary: a conversation on how visual storytelling can shape how we think - and feel - about Alzheimer's disease. Host Naila Kuhlmann had the pleasure of interviewing Gina Martin, who founded the Bob and Diane Fund to support and promote visual storytelling about Alzheimer's and dementia. Tune in to get the backstory on the fund, an auditory glimpse at the work of this year's winner, a discussion on the social narrative of Alzheimer's disease, and reflections...

Hello listeners, it’s been a while since we last released an episode but we are back with another series here at AMiNDR bringing you a synopsis of publications on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research on various topics that were released in November of 2023. In this episode, Anusha takes you through 11 papers testing potential neuroprotective agents for AD treatment. You’ll hear about naturally and pharmaceutically-derived compounds as well as strategies that exploit cell-endogenous processes for neuroprotection in AD.

Testing Naturally-Derived Compounds for Neuroprotective effects (3:53)

Testing Cell-Endogenous Mechanisms for Neuroprotection (16:57)

Testing Pharmac...

If you’re interested in hearing about the impact of hearing aids on quality of life in AD patients, or how having a stable life partner can slow down the progression of dementia, tune in to this episode on the latest in cognitive and behavioural research in Alzheimer's disease! Judy will cover 9 papers on sleep, depressive symptoms and sensory processing, all published in February 2023. This is one you don't want to miss!  

Sections in this episode:  

Sleep (2:42)  

Depressive Symptoms (8:05)  

Sensory Processing (12:59) 

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You can find the bibliography for this...

In today's episode, Naila provides you with an overview of 10 paper published in February 2023, on non-pharmacological therapies for Alzheimer's disease. You'll learn about a virtual reality intervention targeting anxiety, the signaling pathways underlying the potential benefits of acupuncture, the challenges of implementing new interventions, and what spectral light flicker means. Happy listening!  

Sections in this episode:  

Psychological Interventions (1:37)  

Physical Activity (7:26)  

Neuromodulatory Techniques (14:05) 

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You can find the bibliography for this episode here, or by clicking the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZG-uORwCnfP383EN7-a2...