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Coffee, Green Tea, and the Brain; Women and Alzheimer's; Dementia Life Expectancy

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Higher consumption of green tea, but not coffee, was associated with in prospective studies of aging in Japan. (npj Science of Food)

Latent herpes simplex virus type 1 was in a three-dimensional human brain tissue model, triggering aggregated amyloid and other pathological Alzheimer's features. (Science Signaling)

Brain hypometabolism began to evolve during the prodromal stage of , with changes on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET paralleling progressive symptoms. (JAMA Neurology)

Researchers identified a levels in women with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease, but not men. (Molecular Psychiatry)

Medicare beneficiaries waited a median of after a referral, 2018-2019 data showed. (Neurology)

Glymphatic clearance in mice was activated by during non-rapid eye movement sleep. (Cell)

The average life expectancy of ranged from 8 years at age 65 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women, and from 5.7 to 2.2 years, respectively, in men, a meta-analysis reported. (The BMJ)

Retinal vascular analyses , U.K. Biobank cohort data suggested. (Heart)

Boston University researchers confirmed that former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck, who died at age 52 after a fall, had stage III . (AP)

A RECOVER initiative study showed that 4.5% of participants met criteria for after SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Journal of General Internal Medicine)

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  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for app, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.