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The Sanders-Brown Memory Clinic is the place where the research intersects with patient care. After spending several years housed in their current location on North Broadway in Lexington, they have simply outgrown the space. As the world looks to Sanders-Brown for answers to the mysteries of dementia and the elderly rely on Sanders-Brown for help charting their path to a healthy and vigorous last chapter, leaders at UK believe it is time that Sanders-Brown’s home for clinical research and patient care reflects their reputation.
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IMAGE: UK neuroscience researcher Greg Gerhardt with an example of a microelectrode array (MEA), which is used to track neurotransmitters in the brain. view more
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 4, 2021) University of Kentucky Department of Neuroscience Professor Greg Gerhardt, Ph.D., hypothesizes that the balance of glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) two main neurotransmitters in the brain contributes to Alzheimer s disease and age-related declines in cognition and memory.
Now, the UK College of Medicine researcher and his team are about to find out. Gerhardt has developed new technology that can simultaneously measure the two neurotransmitters on a second-by-second basis. It is the first time this will be done in vivo or in the living brain of awake animals.
University of Kentucky Neuroscience Professor Greg Gerhardt's new research program will provide answers to long-standing questions about the role of neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. A culmination of his nearly 40 years of brain research, Gerhardt's study could help to develop new treatments for the disease.
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