Associate Professor Jay Amin spoke about his research on a Zoom webinar on Tuesday 1st December. The recording of the event is available on our YouTube channel here. Two newly published research studies, led by Dr Jay Amin from the University of Southampton and supported by the Lewy Body Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK, have […]
We are posting this information on behalf of Dr. James FitzGerald from the Department of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Cambridge Are you a carer, relative or close friend of a person with a diagnosis of either Lewy body dementia or Alzheimer’s disease dementia? If so, you are invited to participate in a survey study […]
2019/20 Grant awarded to Dr Oleg Glebov, Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King’s College London Aim of the study To use high-resolution, advanced microscopy methods to study the degeneration of brain synapses. This will further our understanding of the causes of dementia, and help to identify possible ways to treat it. Description of the study […]
2019/20 Grant awarded to Professor John-Paul Taylor, Deputy Dementia Theme lead for the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University Aim of the study Using advanced imaging on a PET-MR scanner, this study will examine how the visual part of the brain processes signals, so that we can better understand […]
Visual hallucinations (VH) are the experience of seeing something that is not actually there. They can occur in those who are healthy but are more common in people with brain deteriorating illnesses affected by Lewy body disorder (LBD); this includes those suffering from Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies. As these […]
Access investigational medicines for Lewy body dementia on a clinical trial Re:Cognition Health, a world-leading centre for late phase international clinical trials for Alzheimer’s and dementia research, is currently enrolling volunteers with a Lewy body dementia diagnosis to take part in a trial to help test potential new treatments. Clinical trials are imperative, helping us […]
Here at the Lewy Body Society, we get a lot of calls from and other bodies who are conducting research into dementia. As a charity, funding and supporting research is our main priority, as we know that dementia research is not as advanced as for other common health conditions. It would be wonderful to eventually […]
This information was first published in Dementia Today in Feb 2013. These are many ways that Alzheimer’s and LBD differ, including these five key differences: Alzheimer’s disease causes changes in the brain called plaques and tangles. LBD features the presence of Lewy bodies, which are misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins. In early Alzheimer’s, memory loss is prominent, […]
Source: Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) in the US The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announced on 21 August 2013 the launch of new resources for physicians and their patients. LBDA has created two new symptom checklists for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): an abbreviated checklist to assist in the reporting of DLB diagnostic symptoms […]
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