Can our homes help detect brain changes? New research shows how digital sensing reveals subtle shifts in movement and cognition in everyday life, and can track disease progression.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) belong to a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases with overlapping symptoms, characterized by muscle wasting, paralysis, dementia ...

A new study suggests Alzheimer’s disease may be detectable through subtle shape changes in proteins found in the blood.

For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, there is no instruction manual for navigating life after diagnosis. A team of ...

A team of researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has identified important differences in how early ...

A retinal image could help doctors quickly distinguish between similar neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer's disease, and with remarkable accuracy, according to new research ...

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now realize that vast individual differences require a more predictive and ...