A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing.

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

Physical exercise triggers extracellular vesicles (EVs)—tiny particles in the blood—to act as temporary transport shuttles for key hormone precursors.

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

Microplastics could be fueling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, with a new study highlighting five ways microplastics can trigger inflammation and damage in the brain.

A new study reveals five mechanisms by which microplastics can trigger inflammation and cause damage in the brain.

The research team traced the CSF drainage pathways from the anterior and middle parts of the brain. Using genetically ...

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A 2024 study outlined 15 risk factors of cognitive decline, concluding that diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and ...

Consistent lifestyle adjustments are powerful for improving brain health and potentially slowing cognitive decline.