Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

New drugs for early Alzheimer’s disease may allow people to live without help for up to 39 additional months, a new study estimates. But experts urge caution.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

New research finds rising microplastic levels in human brains, raising health concerns and potential links to dementia.

A UCLA Health research team has identified changes in brain rhythms that indicate seizure activity in Alzheimer's patients.

After previous studies detected microplastics in Laguna de Bay, milkfish, and even drinking water, researchers at the Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) have raised ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta—a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...

Getting an accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia is important. However ... behaviour and ability to do daily tasks a full physical exam at least one brain scan (often with more specialist scans) ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

A new study has revealed that the number of microplastics found in the human brain has increased by 50% since 2016 - and that ...