Mental health · 2
Mood, sleep, stress, focus and the brain, from the research and the clinic.
- Mental healthPost
Review links physical activity to brain waste clearance with aging
A review published in Trends in Neurosciences looks at how physical activity may regulate the glymphatic system, which helps clear proteins linked to Alzheimer's, such as beta-amyloid and tau.
- Mental healthPost
Saffron and antidepressants show similar results in small studies
A 2025 meta-analysis pooled eight studies with people and found no significant difference between saffron and SSRI antidepressants for mild to moderate depression.
- Mental healthPost
Study in Neuron links tau protein and mitochondrial damage in Alzheimer's
A study led by Stanford and published in the journal Neuron describes a cycle in which tau protein damages mitochondria, and mitochondrial signals in turn worsen tau.
- Mental healthArticle
First patient treated in phase 2 trial of an oral tablet for the eyes
A news article reports that a phase 2 trial of BGE-102, an oral tablet based on aging research and aimed at preserving vision, has treated its first patient. No results have been reported yet.
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Hyperglycosylation Is Pointed to as a Factor in Alzheimer's Disease
A study combining spatial multiomics, isotope tracing and retrospective cohort analyses points to hyperglycosylation, a change in how sugars attach to proteins, as a possible factor in Alzheimer's disease.
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