A growing body of research points to chronic, low-grade inflammation inside the brain as a possible accelerant of Alzheimer’s disease, not just a bystander response to damage already done. The 2024 ...

A team at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a specific liver-produced enzyme that explains, at the molecular level, how physical exercise protects the aging brain from ...

TD Cowen 46th Annual Health Care Conference March 4, 2026 9:50 AM ESTCompany ParticipantsAlexander Schuth - Co-Founder, ...

A look inside the brains of extraordinarily sharp elderly people reveals clues about their unusual abilities. Deep in these ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A new study has uncovered why some brain cells are more resistant to Alzheimer’s damage than others. Researchers found a natural cleanup system that helps remove toxic tau protein before it can form ...

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are computational models that can learn to identify patterns in data, make accurate predictions or generate content (e.g., texts, images, videos or sound ...

Scientists show that lecanemab clears amyloid plaques by engaging microglia through its Fc fragment, defining the cellular program behind its therapeutic effect ...

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Older adults with exceptional memories continue to grow new brain cells. A recent study published in the journal Nature shows ...

As prevalent as dementia is—affecting over 7 million Americans annually, and projected to double in the next 30 years—Northwestern University’s 25-year SuperAger study only gets more timely with time.