New research questions decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment
Australian researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more…
HRT linked to lower dementia risk, but timing and menopause type matter
A large UK Biobank analysis reveals how menopause type, estrogen exposure, genetics, and the timing of HRT may…
Faulty myelin-making brain cells may help drive cognitive decline with age
A rare combination of lifelong cognitive tracking, postmortem brain analysis, and targeted mouse experiments reveals unexpected changes in…
Depression stalls formation of new brain cells: Study
The small number of neurons created in the adult brain hippocampus may help prevent depression, a Columbia University…
Disrupted brain-immune signaling may help drive neurodegeneration
From gut-primed T cells to microglial signaling and persistent gene-regulatory states, researchers map an intricate immune network that…
A childhood shaped by sugar rationing was linked to mental health more than 50 years later
A postwar rationing experiment offered researchers a rare window into how sugar exposure during the earliest stages of…
Cross-generational friendships reshape brain synchrony in unexpected ways
The closer two people grow, the more alike their brains work– or so the assumption goes. Two ETH…
Wake-activated brain circuits reveal what drives the urge to sleep
By mapping the brain during prolonged wakefulness, researchers pinpointed neuronal populations whose activity rises with time awake and…
New brain wave theory explains cognition and consciousness
A new theory, published in The Journal of Neuroscience by three scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory…
Re:Cognition Health launches first dedicated Alzheimer’s disease-modifying treatment clinic in Ireland
Re:Cognition Health, the UK’s largest independent provider of Alzheimer’s disease-modifying treatments, announces the opening of its first Irish…
Early-onset epilepsy tied to lower academic achievement
Childhood epilepsy is linked to significantly poorer exam grades and long term educational attainment, with the lowest levels…
Scallop-derived plasmalogens may support brain health and memory
The study, funded by B&S Corporation Co., Ltd., which manufactures and markets scallop plasmalogen, evaluated memory and brain…