Physicians diagnose around 40% of those over the age of 90 with Alzheimer’s disease, according to Robert Vassar, director of Northwestern’s Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop therapeutics for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive ...

Concussions and repetitive head trauma in sports like football and boxing, once accepted as an unpleasant consequence of ...

Cells degrade components that are no longer needed through autophagy. New results show that a weak molecular interaction is essential for this process. By modifying this interaction, it is possible to ...

That cold sore on your lip might be painful and unsightly, but it could also be a harbinger of debilitating brain agin ...

Researchers have uncovered mechanisms that may link head injuries and concussions to the emergence of neurodegenerative disease, pointing to latent viruses lurking in most of our brains that may be ...

A study of human brain organoids suggested a complex relationship between herpes simplex virus 1 infection and tau, ...

Sleep spindles—brief bursts of brain activity crucial for memory and sleep stability—are guided primarily by short-term ...

New research suggests that concussions and repetitive head trauma may reactivate dormant viruses like HSV-1 in the brain, potentially triggering neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Police in Quincy, Massachusetts, said a man with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who was reported missing has been found ...

A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate ...

Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.