Neurodegenerative diseases remain some of the most difficult conditions to treat. Disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s gradually destroy brain cells, leaving people with worsening memory, ...

Scientists discovered that high-fat junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost immediately. Within just four days ...

Neurons (green) and tumor cells (cyan) grown in a lab demonstrate how the two cell types can become interconnected as a tumor grows, disrupting brain development and function. New research from WashU ...

The human brain is composed of approximately 100 billion neurons, all of which can be changed based on your experiences. This is all possible because of neuroplasticity, which is the brain's ability ...

Hameroff points to studies that demonstrate that, in humans, applying sub-thermal tFUS to the hippocampus of Alzheimer’s ...

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors. Although this type of tumor is usually not life-threatening, the ...

The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just as biologists document species of plants and animals, neuroscientists have ...

In an age crazed with noise—notifications buzzing, playlists streaming, and traffic rumbling—silence is an endangered sensation. But new research indicates that silence may contain a secret that ...

A new UC Irvine study found that combining vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) with the green tea antioxidant EGCG helps restore energy in aging brain cells, potentially reducing Alzheimer's-related protein ...