New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map ...

Memory failures often feel like personal lapses, but new research suggests the problem may be rooted in hidden architecture ...

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it ...

There is no single, easy test to diagnose Alzheimer’s, but a new review of 18 scientific studies confirms that a simple blood ...

New data suggested that any level of alcohol consumption raised the risk of dementia. A Mendelian randomization analysis found no evidence that moderate drinking protected against dementia. Findings ...

A new study finds that brain changes are not a steady progression; instead, distinct neural rewiring occurs around ages 9, 32 ...

Weill Cornell researchers uncovered how free radicals from astrocyte mitochondria can fuel dementia. Using new compounds that target these radicals at their source, they slowed brain inflammation and ...

This story is sponsored by Hearing and Brain Centers of America. November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and as the global population ages, the urgency to address cognitive decline and its associated ...

Dementia was linked to impairments involving the glymphatic system in a study of 44,000 people. Three markers of CSF dynamics were associated with incident dementia over a median follow-up of 5 years.

Free radicals generated at a specific site in non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes may promote dementia, according to a Weill Cornell Medicine study. These findings, published in Nature ...