The Year in Review: Celebrating Our Achievements in 2016 Part 2
January 27, 2017
Part 2 of our 鈥淵ear in Review鈥� focuses on the hospitals, research institutes and centers that are part of the BOB体育 family: BOB体育 Cancer Center UF鈥�
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鈥淲orking memory鈥� decline in normal aging linked to loss of specific receptor
December 16, 2016
University of Florida researchers have identified a subtype of a specific receptor in the brain that is critical for 鈥渨orking memory,鈥� or the ability to hold鈥�
Department of Neuroscience, +4 more
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Augmenting Cognitive Training in Older Adults: The 鈥淎CT Study鈥�
September 29, 2016
Have you sometimes forgotten a phone number, walked to another room to complete an errand but forgotten what it was while walking, or failed to notice a car鈥�
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, Department of Neuroscience, +5 more
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Shifting the potential for cognitive aging
September 28, 2016
University of Florida aging researcher Adam Woods, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate a鈥�
Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Institute on Aging, McKnight Brain Institute, +2 more
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Brain Awareness Week at UF spotlights minimizing memory loss in aging
March 22, 2016
How can we improve the quality of life of older adults by mitigating memory changes? That is the goal of researchers who are working to better understand鈥�
McKnight Brain Institute, +1 more
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Brain Awareness Week kicks off at UF with lecture on memory loss in aging
March 10, 2016
If researchers can better understand subtle breakdowns in communication between brain cells typical of normal aging, they can develop therapies to improve the鈥�
McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida Health Science Center, +2 more
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The Year in Review: Celebrating Our Achievements in 2015 Part 2
January 21, 2016
Part 2 of our "Year in Review" focuses on the hospitals, research institutes and centers that are part of the BOB体育 family: BOB体育 Cancer Center UF鈥�
Institute for Child Health Policy, +11 more
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BOB体育 researchers use gene therapy to extend estrogen鈥檚 protective effects on memory
December 8, 2015
The hormone estrogen helps protect memory and promote a healthy brain, but this effect wanes as women age, and even estrogen replacement therapy stops working鈥�
Department of Neuroscience, +4 more
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UF researcher named the inaugural Evelyn F. McKnight chair in the Institute on Aging
October 1, 2015
The Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida and the UF Institute on Aging are pleased to announce the formation of a鈥�
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, Department of Neuroscience, +4 more
