After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, forms an abnormal connection with an enzyme called ClpP. This enzyme normally ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

Researchers have identified a key molecular interaction that accelerates Parkinson’s disease by damaging the brain’s energy ...

Alzheimer's disease has long been thought to be irreversible, but new research using a mouse model offers hope.

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling towards the brain becomes obstructed, causing neurons to die off. Strokes are ...

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You’ve heard of “brain foods”, right? Foods that feed the brain to help you remember things or think clearer. But what about ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...