Month: January 2014

News and Views: Ground Zero in Alzheimer’s Disease, Nature Neuroscience

Stock photo for Alzheimer's study

Our News and Views piece covering the fantastic work by Khan and colleagues in Nature Neuroscience is out in the current issue. Abstract: New findings in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease patients and mouse models of the disease suggest that it is the lateral, rather than the medial, entorhinal cortex that is most susceptible to tau pathology early…

Caffeine stimulates memory consolidation: a possible BDNF link

Coffee mug representation of caffeine and memory

Serra Favila and Brice Kuhl write in Nature Neuroscience News and Views about a possible link between caffeine’s enhancement of memory consolidation and a BDNF-mediated mechanism. Very nice summary and review of our paper. Read their N&V piece here.  …

This is your brain on coffee!

Cup of coffee

For lovers of latte art. Enjoy! Thanks to the awesome Michael Richardson of Kéan Coffee in Newport Beach for the latte art, to my wife Manuella Yassa for photography and Craig Stark for editing and post-processing. Framing this one for the lab to celebrate the caffeine paper 🙂…