Nearly 30 years ago, researchers began studying the gene Astn1, which encodes the cell adhesion protein astrotactin 1 in mice ...

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained ...

The brainstem is the body’s signal crossroads, a compact hub where sensory information, motor commands, and vital autonomic functions all pass through the same narrow corridor. For decades, clinicians ...

Dementia has long been framed as an inevitable byproduct of aging, something to be managed rather than meaningfully delayed. A sprawling clinical trial of older adults now challenges that assumption, ...

In January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an international nonmedical spotlight shone on brain health. Is the New Brain Economy the most valuable currency we have?

Menopause is a key period in a woman’s life. This transition is often accompanied by wide-ranging physical and psychological ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

Meditation doesn’t "empty the mind", as some imagine. In fact, brain scans reveal that the meditating mind is not in a ...

The findings suggest that flavanols act as a mild, beneficial stressor, stimulating the brain in a way that enhances alertness and cognitive performance. Importantly, this effect appears to occur ...