That disease is Alzheimer’s disease. Let’s begin with some definitions. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease ...

New research supports brain cell transplantation as a treatment for some neurological disorders. A team from McGill ...

Scientists have discovered that the enzyme TYK2 modifies tau proteins, leading to their accumulation in the brain—a key ...

In Alzheimer’s, some research suggests that a buildup of prion proteins in the brain may contribute to the devastating loss of short- and long-term memory. “Long-term memory shapes our personality, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune defense system.

Can your kidneys remember something as well as your brain can? A new study finds the surprising ability of the cells outside ...

If you’ve heard "you are what you eat," you already know. Here are five science-backed ways your diet affects your brain.

The Hamilton scientists were able to map a CWD prion, the misfolded protein that causes the deadly brain disease, to the near ...