Brushing your teeth properly may help stave off more than 50 conditions, including dementia, Parkinson’s and rheumatoid ...

Chronic sleep loss does more than leave people groggy the next morning. A growing body of primary neuroscience research shows that consistently cutting sleep short triggers a cascade of measurable ...

As dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases become more common worldwide, researchers are searching urgently for ways to protect the brain as we age. One area attracting growing attention is ...

The drug would need to be taken long before symptoms first appear—but it could be used to help protect at-risk individuals.

Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how genes control one another inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Using a powerful new AI-based system called SIGNET, the team ...

A Georgia Tech researcher is turning flickering light and sound into a new tool in the fight against Alzheimer’s, using rhythmic sensory stimulation to “tune” brain waves, boost memory, and ...

Wandering, and "elopement," are frightening and dangerous behaviors by people with dementia. For some families, it is the ...

Scientists have reversed severe memory loss in two mouse models of Alzheimer’s by restoring the brain’s energy supply. Late-stage mice showed brain tissue repairing itself once fuel balance returned, ...

By far the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is a variant of apolipoprotein E, or ApoE. People who carry ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and related ...