Vitamin D levels in midlife may play a bigger role in long-term brain health than previously thought. In a study following nearly 800 people over 16 years, those with higher vitamin D levels in their ...

To enable movement, perception, memory, reasoning, emotion and various other functions, the human brain heavily relies on ...

The human brain is known to naturally change with age, shrinking in size and volume after people reach their 30s or 40s. In some cases, however, it can age faster than expected, which can increase the ...

A study published in the journal Brain shows that increases in protein levels with new Alzheimer’s drugs can explain the slowing of cognitive impairment at least as well as the reduction in amyloid ...

A new study found that older adults with higher vitamin C levels in their blood had more gray matter — a type of brain tissue linked to memory and cognition. Older Japanese adults with more vitamin C ...

Scientists have identified the molecular changes that occur in the brains of aging mice and located a hot spot where much of that damage is centralized. The cells in the area are also connected with ...