A diet rich in pomegranates had significant positive impacts for the brain health of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, an international research team led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW found.
The innovative study, published in the journal Oncotarget,… Read More
Research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has identified genetic patterns associated with white matter hyperintensities (WMH), or signal changes in the brain’s white matter, which are markers of small vessel disease in the brain.
The study which analysed T2-… Read More
School of Psychiatry researchers have used neuroimaging to study white matter integrity in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The findings, obtained using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were published recently in Psychological Medicine. The collaborative study brought… Read More
Twenty of Sydney’s corporate surfers, led by Ambassador Richard Grellman AM, combined forces to raise awareness around the modifiable lifestyle factors for improving brain health, as part of the third Wipeout Dementia campaign.
The gruelling four-week strength for surfing… Read More
Researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW found no evidence for alcohol consumption being associated with dementia risk amongst 70-90 year olds regardless of APOE ε4 carrier status, a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, in a recent study. The… Read More
Researchers are applying standardised criteria to international studies of centenarians to better understand the prevalence and incidence of rates of dementia in this group, as well as risk and protective factors for dementia and healthy brain ageing across the lifespan. The… Read More
A Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) paper published in Current Alzheimer Research presents the first detailed study of the relationship between plasma levels of two amyloid beta peptides (Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42), brain volumetrics (measures studying the size of brain, which… Read More
Researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Australia have undertaken the largest study of its kind to better understand the contribution of genetics to blood apolipoprotein H levels.
The study, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, identified… Read More
Researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have found that older adults’ performance on reaction time tasks indicated their likelihood of developing dementia within the next four years.
The study tested 861 community living 70-90 year-olds from CHeBA’s… Read More
The Dementia Momentum reached its first anniversary on 25 March 2016 and celebrated with KPMG Sydney hosting a second corporate cocktail event on 25 February to launch the Wipeout Dementia video. Partner John Teer delivered a heart-warming speech on behalf of KPMG and confirmed… Read More
CHeBA’s findings on the use of standardised criteria to establish more reliable global estimates of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) could have significant implications for future trials aiming to slow disease progression and screening tests, according to a recent news article… Read More
IPH Limited became Silver Members of The Dementia Momentum in January 2016 by donating $25,000 to support CHeBA’s research into identifying risk and protective factors to reduce dementia incidence.
IPH Limited Managing Director David Griffith and his wife Penny supported CHeBA’s… Read More
Co-Director of CHeBA (Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing) at UNSW Australia, Professor Henry Brodaty, has joined more than 30 leading international experts to drive increased collaboration in research to defeat Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
The comprehensive 78-page… Read More
Researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have been awarded a $40,000 UNSW Goldstar Award for research into the structure and function of apolipoproteins which affect brain ageing.
CHeBA Co-Director Professor Perminder Sachdev will lead the research team which… Read More
Senior executives from corporate Australia have spent the last four Saturdays surfing alongside Ambassador Richard Grellman AM, to raise funds for research and increase awareness of modifiable lifestyle factors for improving brain health, as part of Wipeout Dementia.
Today, the… Read More
