UK Research News

Study Indicates High Prevalence of Recently Defined Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia

Jun 14, 2022, 7:11 AM

Research published from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is providing the most definitive assessment yet of the prevalence of a form of dementia classified in 2019 and now known as LATE.

UK Begins 1st Clinical Trial in the World for Newly Discovered Form of Dementia

Mar 16, 2022, 7:10 AM

The world’s first clinical trial for a form of dementia identified in 2019 is officially underway by researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Appointed to National Council

Feb 10, 2022, 7:50 AM

Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging.

UK Researchers Link a New Non-Mutated Protein to Dementia

Feb 2, 2022, 7:10 AM

A team of researchers from the UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is working to identify new proteins that are destructive to the brain.

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UK's Sanders-Brown Receives Continued Funding to Research Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Biomarkers

Nov 11, 2021, 7:21 AM

The center received a five-year grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with an award total more than $6 million.

'UK at the Half': Sanders-Brown Making UK a Global Leader in Aging Disease Research

Nov 8, 2021, 7:14 AM

For this "UK at the Half," University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik talks about the life-changing — and lifesaving — work that the center does.

'Behind the Blue': Leading the Way on Alzheimer’s Research With Linda Van Eldik of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Nov 8, 2021, 7:07 AM

On this episode of "Behind the Blue," Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik joins UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications' Hillary Smith to discuss the larger game plan of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia.

UK Doctor's Need to Help Loved One Inspires New Sanders-Brown Video Series

Apr 27, 2021, 8:07 AM

A multi-disciplinary collaboration led by Dr. Peter Sawaya from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are in the process of producing a series of videos, aimed at primary caregivers for family members and loved ones living with dementia.

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Sanders-Brown Hosts Discussion & Screening of Documentary Highlighting Robin Williams' Undiagnosed Dementia

Apr 1, 2021, 9:35 AM

The educational film titled, Spark, delves deeper into the disease, its biology, myriad of clinical symptoms and its impact on both the person with LBD and the primary caregiver. A post-screening panel will feature doctors from the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute.

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UK Researcher Finds Alzheimer’s Patients ‘Get Hooked on a Feeling’ With Music

Jan 26, 2021, 8:08 AM

Research has found that music can elicit an extended emotional response in patients with Alzheimer’s-type dementia.

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