The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association — analyzed MRI scans from 40,000 adults in the UK Biobank, focusing on the glymphatic system. In a healthy brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced and ...

Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can damage the body's natural rhythm and disrupt the part of the brain involved ...

To help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease, people should take a brisk walk each day, limit their TV time and do a crossword puzzle instead.

Researchers have long established that hormones significantly affect the brain, creating changes in emotion, energy levels, ...

A new study on mice highlights the connection between the female reproductive cycle and brain learning processes, suggesting that estrogen levels can enhance learning abilities through dopamine ...

Recent research identifies protective brain cells, known as microglia, that can help slow Alzheimer's by reducing ...

As plant-based foods go mainstream, our understanding of what makes a burger a burger is being rewritten — bite by bite.

Researchers have uncovered how the brain’s immune cells, called microglia, can act as protectors rather than destroyers in Alzheimer’s disease.

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In a study published in Nature, the team found that microglia with lower levels of a transcription factor called PU.1 and ...

A new study shows that estrogen naturally modulates dopamine signaling in the brain, altering how female rats learn reward cues across the reproductive cycle.