High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. A new JCI Insight study ...

The study showed that some people with chronic pain even had a brain that appeared younger than their chronological age, ...

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

The brain of the man accused of killing four people at a New York City skyscraper on Monday will be studied to determine if had the progressive brain disease known as chronic traumatic chronic ...

Electricity is the brain’s language. For a decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and philanthropy have enabled UC San Francisco physician-scientists to decipher this language and use ...

West Nile virus is the leading mosquito-borne infection in the United States. Neuroinvasive disease affects less than 1% but it can be fatal.

Amy Knight, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology, discusses why and how chronic stress can affect one’s brain and overall health. What is ...

The brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, believed to be caused by repeated head trauma, has been found in 87 of 91 deceased former NFL players tested, according to researchers. “People ...

Manitoba's Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures has alerted the public of six new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD); ...