An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and ...

Although age is the most significant risk factor for dementia, memory alterations are natural as we age. After age 40, the typical human brain decreases by about 5% every decade. This can have a ...

Human brains are growing in size which reduces the risk of dementia, according to a study. Researchers at UC Davis found that those born in the 1970s had larger brain volumes than people born in the ...

The risk of getting dementia may go up as you get ... Slow-wave sleep is the third stage of a human 90-minute sleep cycle, ...

Many people only think of Alzheimer’s disease when they think about dementia. However, dementia is an umbrella term we use ...

A Princeton-led team of scientists has made an enormous step toward understanding the human brain by building a neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap – scientifically speaking, a “connectome ...

Work could lead to the discovery of new therapeutic targets. For the first time, researchers have identified "molecular ...

Subtle changes in brain activity in the presence of both amyloid-beta and tau proteins may point to Alzheimer's disease, long ...

Specific, actionable moves that can help sharpen your mind and keep it healthy long term. The brain is your body’s command ...

People with cognitive impairments have fewer gut microbes and less microbial diversity. That’s good news because we can ...

The world's population is aging, and dementia and Alzheimer's are becoming more common. Alzheimer's also tends to impact more ...

DEMENTIA touches the lives of more than two million Australians either directly or through a loved one in their care, ...