By scanning the brains of mice throughout their lifespans, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered that the human brain is not unique in how ...

The MIND diet may help protect the aging brain against structural deterioration, such as grey matter loss, a new study has ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden “death switch” in the brain that may be driving Alzheimer’s disease—and even found a way ...

Scientists are uncovering a subtle but powerful signal hidden within the sleeping brain, one that may reveal how quickly the brain is aging and how that relates to future dementia risk. By analyzing ...

Dementia often begins with subtle changes long before obvious memory loss appears. Experts say the earliest signs can include ...

A new study on sleep patterns has revealed a potential key that helps researchers understand how the brain ages.

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia ...

Dementia is expected to proliferate along with the super elderly. So health practitioners are focused on screening for it.

What has long been interpreted as permanent and irreversible vascular damage may not be exclusively so. In people with Down ...