Articles tagged with 'memory disorders research' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Chlamydia pneumoniae—a common bacterium that causes pneumonia and sinus infections—can linger in the eye and brain for years and may aggravate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study from Cedars-Sinai. Published in Nature Communications, the …

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified the brain cells responsible for navigating everyday social situations, such as understanding which topics are best avoided in a conversation or gauging the emotions or motives of someone we are talking to. …

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory—the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it—coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of information.The study detailing …

Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia. The method they developed, detailed in a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, is …