Good fitness can reduce the risk of dementia and promote healthy brain aging. This recognition should be included in updated health recommendations, say researchers behind the new review.

A new study highlights a potential role for immune system dysfunction in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Memory formation, storage, and retrieval are fundamental processes that define who we are and how we interact with the world.

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

Imagine waking up one day to discover that your brain is not the rigid, unchanging organ you once believed it to be, but a ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

Researchers have long sought to understand the biological mechanisms that underlie learning. We know that the brain forms ...

A single dose of the psychedelic compound 25CN-NBOH significantly improved cognitive flexibility in mice, with effects lasting up to three weeks post-treatment.

The Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference 2025Sex and gender are now recognized as central variables in brain research, influencing molecular, ...

This process of synaptic plasticity is what produces representations of new information and experiences within your brain. In order for your brain to produce the correct representations during ...

An NIH-funded project leverages advanced synapse imaging to monitor real-time neuronal changes during learning, unveiling new ...

A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, according to scientists. By engineering human ...