Dementia - Queensland Brain Institute - University of Queensland

Cognitive decline in health and disease

What is the difference between normal cognitive decline and disorders of ageing? We explain.
Jurgen Gotz: dementia

Meet Professor Jürgen Götz, head of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research
Dementia research at QBI

Dementia research at the University of Queensland ranges from understanding the basis of the disease, through to treatments and developing better care options.
What causes dementia?

Dementia is caused by neurodegeneration – the damage and death of the brain’s neurons.
Dementia signs and symptoms

Dementia symptoms usually develop gradually. Often the earliest signs are recognised in hindsight because they’re mistaken for signs of normal ageing.
Ultrasound boosts success of Alzheimer’s drug

Published on: 5 April 2017

QBI researchers have found that using ultrasound and an antibody therapy blasts away toxic protein deposits implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
Living well with dementia: improving health and quality of life with evidence based research

11 May 2017 8:30am–1:15pm

in Public Dementia Forum Series

Updates on dementia for researchers, industry and the general public.

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QBI founder recognised in Queensland’s Australian of the Year Awards

Published on: 28 November 2016

Professor Perry Bartlett, QBI's founding director, has been named the 2017 Queensland Senior Australian of the Year.
Key Alzheimer’s protein discovery sheds light on memory loss

Published on: 7 February 2017

QBI scientists have discovered how tau, a key protein in Alzheimer's, causes neurons to malfunction.
Sneak peek into the nanoworld of our brain cells

Published on: 10 January 2017

Breakthrough QBI imaging captures how brain cells communicate.

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