Even a few thousand steps a day can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research published in the medical journal Nature Medicine.The analysis is the first to show effects in ...

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that the enzyme biliverdin reductase A (BVRA) plays a direct protective role against oxidative stress in neurons, independent of its role producing the ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

Walking 3,000 to 7,500 steps daily may slow cognitive decline in older adults with early Alzheimer's, reducing tau buildup ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

What do brains and the stock market have in common? While this might sound like a set-up for a joke, new research from U-M researchers reveals that the behaviors of brains and economies during crises ...

Hendrix College’s Department of Music will present “Your Brain on Art: Music and Well-Being,” an interdisciplinary concert experience inspired by research on how the arts support health and human ...

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...

Researchers have created a detailed map of chemical modifications to DNA that occur in the human brain from the earliest ...

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain ...

People exposed to high levels of artificial light have an increasingly higher risk of heart disease, Massachusetts General ...

Daytime “wash cycles” help clear waste from the brain but cause momentary drops in attention after sleepless nights.