A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from ...

A new study has uncovered a key mechanism that helps one of the deadliest brain cancers evade the immune system, according to ...

Scientists have produced the first quantitative map of the human uncinate fasciculus, a white matter tract linking brain regions involved in decision-making and emotion. Using an advanced optical ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated ...

Implications for Diabetes Treatment and Brain Health Although most diabetes medications do not target the brain, this research shows that metformin has been influencing brain pathways all along.

Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Among these, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most common; in the United States alone, the Alzheimer's Disease ...