Scientists recent research reveals that addressing modifiable risk factors could reduce dementia risk by up to 45 percent.

Starting CPR within the first 10 minutes of someone having a cardiac arrest at home or in public may greatly improve their chances for survival and protect their brain function, according to new ...

Neuroimaging sheds new light on the brain’s role in rumination, a mental pattern often linked to depression. Researchers ...

Groundbreaking Scottish research traces cognitive changes from age 11 to 82, providing unprecedented insights into brain health across a lifetime. A landmark 25-year research program has revealed ...

Cognitive functions such as memory, learning, and information processing, traditionally associated with the brain, can also be found in the other parts of the body. A new study establishes that “all ...

The new director at the FDA overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in ...

The team compared incidences where bystanders began CPR within different time windows with the outcomes where there wasn’t any bystander intervention to see if there was a difference in survival and ...

Scientists discovered that memory formation isn’t limited to the brain. Non-brain cells can activate memory genes, responding ...

The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Yet, despite decades of research, the mystery of how the brain ac ...

Most of us think memories are stored only in the brain, but a recent study suggests that cells from other parts of the body can “remember” as well. This surprising discovery was made by a team of ...

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed astroglia, a type of brain support cell, into neurons that mimic specific interneurons critical for brain function.