Researchers led by the University of California, Irvine are the first to reveal how two neural circuits located in the ...

An international collaboration led by RIKEN researchers has discovered how unusual spherical structures form in the brains of ...

Unexplained fluctuations in cholesterol levels have been linked to dementia and cognitive decline in a recent study.

However research suggests that almost half (45%) of dementia cases are linked to risk factors we have some control over. This means that we can reduce our risk of getting it by taking steps to protect ...

A combination of two “active” therapies may help slow cognitive decline in older adults, especially those with a type of severe depression and a genetic risk of Alzheimer's, a study indicates.

Unfortunately, symptomatic treatments cannot stop the diseases that cause dementia from progressing, so people will continue to get worse over time. This is because these drugs cannot fix damage to ...

The researchers found brain functions after Long COVID are strikingly similar to those with Alzheimer's and other forms of ...

Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, is usually progressive and can eventually be fatal.

"This work brings us another step closer to better understanding how these proteins spread in brain tissue of Alzheimer's disease ... an initial amyloid beta fibril has been created (see the diagram ...

Dementia, a cognitive disorder affecting memory, reasoning, and social abilities, is currently experienced by an estimated 50 ...

Because dementia, in all its myriad forms ... But what exactly does it do to you? Essentially, your brain, which controls everything, fails you. You suffer a loss of function, a decline in ...

Getting injured after a fall may be an early warning sign of dementia in older adults ... "We should be teaching folks the value of examining brain function in fallers." Falls are the leading ...