Alyssa Arentoft, PhD

@alyssaarentoft.bsky.social

Clinical Neuropsychologist | Professor of #Psychology at CSUN | #Neuropsychology #Cognition #BrainHealthEquity #HealthBehavior #SDOH #ENDALZ

People always ask me about how stress might impact ADRD... Check out this paper on a study design geared to answer that question! #BSEA publishing study designs we want and need!

Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals@alzdemjournals.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Understanding how consistent exposure to environmental stressors may increase the risk of AD is critical! New research in #BSEA highlights a study design to explore this research need including a 2 week stress-reporting period #AlzSky alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We now have a blood biomarker that is even more strongly associated with tau PET and cognitive symptoms than even p-tau217! Plasma eMTBR-tau243 will help us to understand whether cognitive impairment is likely to be related to Alzheimer's pathology. #ENDALZ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plasma MTBR-tau243 biomarker identifies tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine

Plasma eMTBR-tau243 is a specific biomarker of tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease and enables the detecting and tracking of Alzheimer’s clinical impairment.

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Key recommendations for sharing information with memory clinic patients: - Ask about needs and preferences, and re-assess over time - Tailor information to the patient (e.g., test results, diagnosis, prognosis) - Provide jargon-free communication in verbal and visual form See full article below 👇🏻

Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals@alzdemjournals.bsky.social · last yr.

Research published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging highlights the need for tailored diagnostic information at memory clinics. Authors support recurrent information check-ins during treatment of ADRD #BSEA alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A major milestone for @alzdemjournals.bsky.social #BSEA! We now have our Inaugural Issue. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 I could not be more honored and proud of our work together. Shout out to all Authors, Reviewers, Editorial Board members, and Supporters!!! 💛💜💚 Lundi Gras, indeed!

Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals@alzdemjournals.bsky.social · 2y ago

Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging (BSEA) has launched the inaugural issue! Check out exciting peer-reviewed research and detailed editorial from Editor-in-Chief @cgster.bsky.social Issue 1 available here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/29973805...

Interested in teaching people about social identity, group dynamics, intergroup conflict, & social psychology? We made a syllabus with free content: -Course schedule -Videos -Readings -Chapter summaries -Slides -Tests -Activities -Interactive class Q&A www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...

The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity

Issue 123: Calling all educators: we have new free educational materials for teaching about the Power of Shared Identity

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New study finds that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experienced faster memory decline in later years compared to women born in the least sexist states. The difference was equivalent to nine years of cognitive aging.

Sexism Is a Risk Factor for Memory Decline Among Women

Columbia researchers have found that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experience faster memory decline in later life compared to women born in the least sexist states.

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