Eliminating senescent brain cells in animal models showed seizure reduction and cognitive improvement potential.

A significant, long-term reduction in calorie consumption resulted in a slowing of aging in the brain, according to a study of rhesus monkeys recently published in Aging Cell. The study was conducted ...

A missing brain molecule may be disrupting neural wiring in Down syndrome, according to new research. Replacing it in adult ...

Al Jazeera met Zakaria, one of three patients whose limbs were spared amputation after being fitted with locally produced ...

UVA researchers found even minor trauma can disrupt the brain’s cleanup system, allowing harmful proteins to build up over time.

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury raises the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, and the discovery ...

A new drug targets Alzheimer’s at its earliest, most silent stage — before memory loss ever begins. Credit: Shutterstock. A ...

Learn about the role of neuroinflammation in both neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and the ageing ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease, and their work suggests a potential way to ...

This important study provides a detailed analysis of the transcriptional landscape of the mouse hippocampus in the context of various physiological states. The main conclusions have solid support: ...

New research shows how CCN1, a protein secreted by astrocytes, is critical for stabilizing neural circuits in adulthood.