Researchers at King’s College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute have published new research uncovering a ...

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and permanent loss of nerve cells in the brain. The breakdown causes memory loss, ...

For decades, scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease have seen the same troubling pattern. Harmful proteins collect inside ...

Lipids are a diverse group of organic compounds characterized by their insolubility in water and solubility in organic solvents 1. They include fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, ...

The human brain, representing the epitome of biological complexity, comprises a diverse array of cell types that orchestrate cognition, behavior, and neural homeostasis. Over the past two million ...

Not all brain cell types age in the same way, according to new brain mapping research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers discovered that certain cells may experience ...

Cellular senescence is commonly defined as a state characterized by permanent cell cycle arrest in the absence of cell death, in which cells have altered function. While cellular senescence has been ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

Stem cell transplantation can reverse stroke damage, researchers at the University of Zurich report. Its beneficial effects include regeneration of neurons and restoration of motor functions, marking ...

High-fat diets and obesity reshape astrocytes—star-shaped brain cells in the striatum that help regulate pleasure from eating. French researchers discovered that tweaking these cells in mice not only ...

The human body contains two systems that are constantly communicating with each other: the gut and the brain. For many years, ...

Developing neocortex in Down syndrome. IT neurons are labeled in magenta and deep-layer neurons in green. IT and double-positive neurons are increased in DS at this stage [de la Torre-Ubieta Lab] A ...