Summary: A new study finds that brain shrinkage in Alzheimer’s patients does not follow a uniform pattern. Researchers ...

A new study found that people with diabetes had brains that were, on average, 2.3 years older than their chronological age.

“Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant drug which causes brain atrophy. Patients with dementia have baseline suppressed nervous system function with atrophy.” Ozan Toy, MD ...

Satizabal is lead author of a study titled "Leptin bioavailability and markers of brain atrophy and vascular injury in the middle age," published Aug. 12 in Alzheimer's & Dementia. Other authors also ...

Dr. Kimberly Doyle from Baylor Scott & White shares valuable tips to ward off cognitive decline and keep your mind sharp as ...

A weight-maintaining hormone is essential for brain-signal transmission. New research is more closely linking obesity to ...

It’s obvious to many that lifelong dietary habits play a key role in maintaining bodily health, but they also affect brain ...

Leptin, a hormone that helps with weight control, also plays a role in normal cognition. Leptin resistance occurs when the ...

Sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying is a symptom of pseudobulbar affect (PBA), a neurological ...

Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they affect the brain? It’s been scientifically ... causes Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia, many think diet and environmental ...

From human and animal studies, we do understand some of the major biological consequences of head impacts that may pave the ...