One recent study linked a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline to lifelong learning and intellectually ...

Getting older is one of the biggest risks for these progressive diseases that degrade functions of the brain, the spine and ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have used a form of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze anatomical changes in the brain and predict Alzheimer's disease with nearly 93% accuracy.

Scientists have identified a critical breakdown in the cellular machinery that produces proteins in aging brains.

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences ...

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, and experts emphasize the importance of recognizing concussions, which can occur in various situations beyond sports.

Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.

Brain age reveals measurable psychiatric differences, offering clinicians a promising biomarker to improve personalised mental health care.

Neuroscientists at King's College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity observed in the ...

A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau ...

Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper published in Cell ...

In a landmark study published in Cell Reports, scientists demonstrated that mouse cortical organoids (miniature, lab-grown ...