More than 7 million people aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer's disease in the United States, according to a 2025 report from the Alzheimer's Association. More of the debilitating symptoms could ...

Alzheimer’s may destroy memory by flipping a single molecular switch that tells neurons to prune their own connections. Researchers found that both amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A clever natural experiment in Canada suggests a routine shingles vaccine may do more than prevent ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Emma Heming Willis said on the “Bruce never tapped in” to his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia ...

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Researchers have successfully reversed advanced Alzheimer's in mice, achieving full cognitive recovery by restoring the brain ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a hazardous waste collector in the brain that disposes of the toxic clumps of tau protein that can ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

1. Childhood, from birth to age 9, during which time the brain is continually pruning away haphazardly created synaptic connections forged as early learning, unlearning and relearning chaotically ...

Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime.

Donald Trump had an unfortunately timed lapse in memory while discussing concerns over dementia. The 79-year-old president ...