REM Sleep Behavior Disorder causes more than dream enactment—it’s a powerful clue to neurodegenerative disease risk.

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including ...

The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the ...

A new study reveals how humans use flexible problem-solving strategies like hierarchical and counterfactual reasoning when ...

Scientists have found that lemborexant not only increased restorative sleep in male mice but also reduced levels of toxic tau ...

Sleep disorders may lead to structural brain changes, cognitive decline, and neurological disease. Here’s what science says about the risk.

Scientists have uncovered how exercise directly influences brain health in Alzheimer's disease by pinpointing the exact brain ...

A study of 20,000 anxiety disorder patients shows how negativity bias affects brain structure, cognitive function and mental health, supporting the view that mental illness is brain illness.

Using advanced single-nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) and a widely used preclinical model for Alzheimer's disease, ...

Neuroscientists can now make precise genetic tweaks to the neurons that are most affected by brain diseases such as Parkinson ...

New research shows that healthy lifestyle choices can reduce the risk of stroke, dementia, and depression, even in people ...

Flies that expressed an Alzheimer’s disease-related protein in their neurons showed signs of accelerated aging.