Changes in the optic disc can predict who will develop blind spots in their vision or lose sharpness of vision from ...

Recent MRI research reveals how repeated football head impacts reshape brain structures, offering insights into chronic ...

The areas most affected by atrophy are the hippocampus, where the cells start declining and shrink (plays role in memory); the front lobe (judgement and everyday decision making); and temporal lobe ...

Fear begins deep in the brain. The amygdala, buried within the temporal lobe, acts as an alarm system, detecting threats and ...

Phase 3 clinical trial results of an investigational drug has shown benefits in treating people with APOE4/4 with early ...

A new trial suggests that a “green Mediterranean diet” — which cuts out animal proteins in favor of plants — can lower biomarkers tied to accelerated brain aging. Participants were told to cut back on ...

Village Caregiving reports that frontotemporal dementia is a progressive brain disease affecting behavior, speech, and memory ...

Lonni Sue Johnson’s amnesia is revealing important connections between memory, personality, and consciousness.

Women with a precursor condition to Parkinson's disease showed significantly less brain atrophy than their male counterparts despite similar clinical severity, according to an October study published ...

A large international study involving nearly 700 participants reveals that women with a precursor condition to Parkinson's ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

An international study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden demonstrates that it is possible to detect subtle changes in the brain and identify early signs of hereditary ...