Seemingly unrelated diseases and conditions like Alzheimer's disease, obesity, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, and ...

Harmful sugar made by gut bacteria can trigger immune damage connected to two devastating brain diseases. This data points to ...

The Johns Hopkins team set out to analyze mini models of the hindbrain, the brain’s command center in the back of the skull ...

The need for medical treatments for rare diseases such as Leigh syndrome is high. However, low patient numbers make research ...

UCF researchers have uncovered evidence that some movement-related symptoms of Alzheimer's disease may originate outside the ...

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Eric Dane’s death at 53 following a battle with a neurodegenerative disease is one that an increasing number of Florida residents are fated to share. Getting older is one of the ...

Long dismissed as ‘brain glue,’ star-shaped cells called astrocytes are emerging as a breakthrough in treating Alzheimer’s ...

Researchers found sex differences in the activity of genes within cortical neurons (pictured) and other brain cells. Credit: ...

A Miami woman with Parkinson's disease is regaining control of her hands and daily life after undergoing deep brain ...

Soft electrodes designed to perfectly match a person's brain surface may help advance neural interfaces for neurodegenerative disease monitoring and treatment, according to a new study led by Penn ...

Most people know which foods to avoid for a healthy heart. Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they ...

The gunman who unleashed chaos in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper this summer is a stark reminder of how little we know about a devastating brain disease typically associated with NFL players — which ...