Vascular dementia
Understanding the link between sport and dementia risk
This project will review the current evidence around the benefits and risks of sport and, through collaboration with stakeholders in research, clinicians, and sporting bodies, define future research priorities in this space.
No ordinary mid-life crisis
Shelle Luscombe is fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research UK after supporting both her parents following diagnoses of dementia.
Understanding the link between wellbeing and brain function in dementia
Researchers will analyse data from large-scale studies and databases to understand the link between wellbeing and brain function decline in dementia.
Are risk factors for heart disease linked to brain health?
Researchers will analyse data from large studies to explore whether risk factors for heart disease in early life will impact brain health.
Detecting proteins in the blood to diagnose and manage dementia
Researchers at UCL are making a new sensor which can detect a marker of brain diseases in the blood,
Investigating how proteins passed between people may lead to a dementia-related disease
Research at University College London will investigate how past medical procedures may have transmitted proteins that build up in blood vessels in the brain and cause dementia.
Charity awards Oxford researcher £250k to understand how a stroke can cause dementia
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has awarded almost £250,000 to Dr Yvonne Couch, for a new study at the University of Oxford. The study will see Dr Couch investigate how strokes can cause a type of dementia called vascular dementia. There are over 850,000 people in the UK with dementia and…
Why do blood vessels function differently after a stroke?
Researchers at the University of Oxford are investigating how messages from brain cells change our blood vessels behaviour and increase the risk of dementia following stroke.
Vascular dementia explained
Although Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, vascular dementia affects 150,000 people in the UK, accounting for one in five of all dementia cases.
Protecting blood vessels in dementia
This pioneering project sees Dr Scott Miners, from the University of Bristol, investigate specific changes to blood flow in the brain during Alzheimer’s.
