Research

UK researchers uncover key brain cell communication breakdown in Alzheimer’s disease

a microscopic view of brain cells colored red, blue and bright green
By Lindsay Travis
Oct. 9, 2025

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the brain’s support cells communicate with blood vessels — a process that goes awry in Alzheimer’s disease.

Thursday

‘Birds are the great unifier’: UK study on avian migration and survival takes flight

Darin "DJ" McNeil leading a bird banding demonstration
Thursday

Kentucky dream takes flight: UK joins NASA on Arctic space mission

Wednesday

Interactive plan aims to protect limestone water in horse and bourbon country

A creek running over rocks surrounded by trees
Wednesday

Preserving Kentucky’s deer: UK, Kentucky Fish & Wildlife study chronic wasting disease

Researchers capture and release deer in Ballard County, Kentucky
Nov. 7, 2025

Using drones to protect Kentucky corn: UK researchers lead precision agriculture study

Drone flying to manage disease in field crops
Nov. 6, 2025

‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Arts and Sciences’ John Anthony

Nov. 5, 2025

UK hosts researchers, community members for national environmental health sciences meeting

200 attendees of the 2025 NIEHS EHSCC Annual Meeting on the stairs
Oct. 31, 2025

UK studies where Kentucky’s hellbenders live and what they need to survive

Taking a picture of an Eastern hellbender
Oct. 30, 2025

OUR, UK Sustainability announce winners of research poster competition

Oct. 30, 2025

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