Recent research published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed cellular map of how physical activity remodels the brain ...

An experimental drug developed at Northwestern University has demonstrated further promise as an early intervention for Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers have used microRNA-based direct reprogramming to generate neurons from fibroblasts, providing new insights into late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Aging is the most significant risk factor ...

Researchers at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine recently made an important advance in neurodegenerative disease ...

In a new study, a molecule identified and recently synthesized was shown to restore cognitive functions in mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease by effectively jump-starting the brain's memory ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

This article is based on a poster originally authored by Peter Hsueh, Zhen Qi, Spencer Chiang, An Ouyang, Zhan Guang Zuo, Shu Ge Guan, Lisa Chou, and Rosanna Zhang. Organoids represent a promising ...

Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs. By Jan Hoffman The message ...