Brain Matters (Video)
Episodes
Alzheimer's Disease in Women: Why Sex Differences Matter
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Banks, Ph.D. explores why Alzheimer's disease affects women differently than men, emphasizing distinct patterns in tau pathology, cognitive test...
Uncovering Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases by CRISPR-Based Screens with Martin Kampmann
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Kampmann, Ph.D., explores how CRISPR screening and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology can uncover new insights into neurological d...
Exercise Improves Brain Health?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do today to improve or maintain your brain health? Join Sarah Banks, Ph.D., a leading expert in healthy aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's ...
Risk Factors for Alzheimer's What You Can Change
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do today to improve or maintain your brain health? Join Sarah Banks, Ph.D., a leading expert in healthy aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's ...
Diet's Effect On Cognitive Decline Vascular Risk
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do today to improve or maintain your brain health? Join Sarah Banks, Ph.D., a leading expert in healthy aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's ...
Delay Cognitive Decline with This Device
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do today to improve or maintain your brain health? Sarah Banks, Ph.D., an expert in healthy aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease, exp...
Can We Avoid Cognitive Decline with Age?
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do today to improve or maintain your brain health? Join Sarah Banks, Ph.D., a leading expert in healthy aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's ...
Cognitive Aging In The Oldest Old: Resilience And Risk Revealed
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claudia H. Kawas, M.D., addresses Alzheimer's disease and related conditions in older adults, noting the challenge of accurate diagnosis and the resem...
Looking to a Future Without Alzheimer's
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis that is projected to become an even larger threat in the coming decades. According to the National Inst...
Modeling Neurological Conditions Using Stem Cell-Derived Neurons: ApoE and APP in Alzheimer's Disease with Thomas C. Südhof - Sanford Stem Cell Symposium 2022
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas C. Südhof, M.D., Stanford University, discusses facets of the fundamental cell biology of ApoE and APP analyzed in stem cell-derived human neu...
How Changes in Proteins Can Lead to Diseases
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Songi Han, professor in the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, talks about her research into the ...
Neurostimulation for Cognition in Alzheimer's Dementia and High Risk Populations with Tarek Rajji
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tarek Rajji, MD, shares research from current trials combining brain stimulation with interventions including cognitive remediation. Series: "Stein In...
Alzheimer's Disease - The Language Syndrome
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Georges Naasan discusses communication difficulties associated with the language syndrome of Alzheimer's Disease. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being ...
Alzheimer's Disease - The Frontal/Executive Syndrome
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Georges Naasan describes the symptoms seen in the frontal/executive syndrome of Alzheimer's disease. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrati...
The Role of Music in Dementia Caregiving Relationships
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Research suggests that listening to or singing songs can provide emotional and behavioral benefits for people with Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Theresa Al...
A Closer Look At...Alzheimer's Disease
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stem cell research is changing the way Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed and treated. Larry Goldstein, PhD and Doug Galasko, MD join Alysson Muotri, Ph...
Using Human Stem Cells to Probe Mechanisms of Neuronal Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease - Larry Goldstein
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, PhD discusses his career in science and his work to understand the molecular basis of neuronal defects in Alzheimer's Disease...
Stem Cells and Disease Modeling in a Dish Autism Research via Brain Organoids
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Researcher Alysson Muotri is using stem cells to study everything from autism to the Zika virus. In this excerpt Muotri discusses stem cell and brain ...
Little-Known Jobs of the Immune System (They Are a Big Deal)
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interactive immune systems are at the center of cancer and other diseases. Dr. Matthew Krummel explores some lesser-known functions of the immune syst...
Is Cognitive Decline Inevitable?
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Aimee Kao discusses key behaviors known to protect brain health. Dr. Kao looks at population trends and wonders if they tell a complete story. Se...
Staying Sharp: Current and Future Approaches to Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Therapeutics
07 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Aimee Kao looks at recent news in Alzheimer's Disease therapeutics including drugs in development and the potential of stem cells and genome editi...
APOE TREM and Microglia in the Pathogenesis of Tau-mediated Neurodegeneration with David Holtzman MD - Shiley Endowed Lecture
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David M. Holtzman, MD of the Washington University School of Medicine discusses the mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration and how microglia and spec...
The Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Diseases in Vulnerable Populations
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Worldwide 50 million people live with dementia. By 2040 over 70% of them will be living in the developing world. Dr. Shamiel McFarlane explores the so...
Brain Health Promotion Strategies: Separating Reality-Based Hope From Hopeless Pseudo-Medicine
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are modifiable behaviors that may reduce the risk factor of Alzheimer's: vascular disease, sedentary lifestyle, depression/stress, diet factors ...
Treatment and Management of Patients with Neurodegenerative Disease: Current State of Science
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Julio Rojas-Martinez discusses the pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer’s disease now and what is in development. Current approaches pursue ea...
Looking Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease: An Overview of Other Major Forms of Neurodegenerative Disease
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common but not the only cause of dementia throughout the lifespan. Dr.Salvatore Spina discusses frontotemporal demen...
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease: From Genetics Neuropathology to Common and Rare Clinical Manifestations of the Disease
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Georges Naasan explores the principal clinical syndromes of Alzheimer's Disease: memory, visual, language and frontal/executive. He also discusses...
A Brief Overview of the Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Brain
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Neurologist Dr. Serggio Lanata explores the neurodegenerative disease of the brain, what they have in common and how they differ. alzheimer's is the m...
Young Latino Scientists Working on Alzheimer's
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More than 5 million Americans are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is expected to triple by 2050, without prevention or...
Investigation About Alzheimer's Disease in the Latino Community (English Subtitles)
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Figueroa and Dr. Jose Soria-Lopez discuss clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease and the need to include the Latino community in clinical resea...
A Flaw in Modern-Day Alzheimer's Treatment
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, of the Harvard Medical School describes a fundamental problem with modern-day treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Series: "Wellbeing...
Metabolic Health Alzheimer's Dementogens Exposome: The Hidden Epidemic
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Bredesen, MD, UCSF and UCLA, discusses how environmental toxins may lead to Alzheimers disease. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, ...
What Role Do Genetics Play in Alzheimer’s? - On Our Mind
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are different types of genetic influences on people's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Douglas Galasko, MD, of the UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alz...
Studying the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease with Bradley Hyman MD PhD - Shiley Endowed Lecture
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you model a disease process that stretches out over 20 years in a way that helps you intervene in that process? In the inaugural Shiley Endowed...
Adapting to Alzheimer's: Understanding Dementia in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer A. Dresen, MSW, MPH. Chief of Health and Housing Services, The Arc San Francisco Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Health and Medi...
Down Syndrome Neurobiology: Developmental and Age-Related Disorders
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
William Mobley, MD, PhD shares the latest research on preventing Alzheimer's disease in people with Down syndrome. He looks at the genetics and progre...
Karen Gaffney: We Need Medical Research that Improves Our Lives
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Gaffney, advocate and disability champion, discusses her life with Down syndrome. She also talks about the impact that pre natal testing is havi...
Neurological Issues in Down Syndrome and Aging
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Rafii, MD, PhD describes the conditions that affect people with Down syndrome including vision issues, hearing issues, hormonal issue, spinal ...
Models Of / Models For Integrative and Whole Systems Research -- Part 2
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can (Martin) Zhang of Harvard Medical School leads off the panel with a detailed discussion of factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease and the potent...
The Potential for Natural Products in Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Other Keynotes from 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Keynote talks at the 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health are presented here, including Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, of the Harvard Medical Sch...
Designer DNA Drugs with Don Cleveland - On Our Mind
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Can we turn off the genes responsible for neurodegenerative diseases? Designer DNA drugs are making this possible. By identifying and targeting the ge...
The Intersection of Behavior and Mental Health Through the Lens of Inflammation HIV Alzheimer's Disease and More with Igor Grant - On Our Mind
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Igor Grant, MD, FRCP(C) pursues research that addresses real world behavioral problems. Studying the intersection of drugs of abuse (primarily methamp...
Making an Old Brain Young? From Developmental Critical Periods to Alzheimer's Disease
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
2016 Kavli Prize recipient Carla Shatz from Stanford University presents a lively exploration of how understanding early stages of neural development ...
The Quest for Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease with Eric Siemers - On Our Mind
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Siemers, MD, Distinguished Medical Fellow at Eli Lilly and Company joins William Mobley, MD, PhD to discuss clinical trails for Alzheimer's disea...
The Oncoming Epidemic of Alzheimer's Disease with Maria Carrillo - On Our Mind
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As baby boomers age, an unprecedented number of people will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The economic and social impacts will be wide reachi...
Research Ethics and Advancing the Future of Alzheimer's Disease Research with Ara Khachaturian - On Our Mind
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ara Khachaturian, PhD, chair and president of the National Biomedical Research Ethics Council joins WIilliam Mobley, MD, PhD to discuss the evolution ...
Getting to 2025 for Alzheimer's Disease with Phyllis Ferrell - On Our Mind
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Phyllis Ferrell, Vice President and Global Development Leader for Alzheimer's Disease at Eli Lilly and Company joins William Mobley, MD, PhD to talk a...
Finding Effective Treatments and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease: The Time is Now - Research on Aging
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
From neuropathology to molecular target to clinical treatments, where are we on the road to finding an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease? Ho...
Stalking an Alzheimer Gene Mutation in the Far Mountains of Colombia
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For the past three decades the largest family in the world with a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease has been tracked. This extended family of some...
Sleep Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention - Super Brain
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is the relationship between sleep, brain health, and Alzheimer's disease? Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31286]