A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

Rust says the process of writing the book also inspired her to shift her research program from studying memory to studying mood. She received the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship, which is ...

Games like word games, puzzles, or card games can help create more brain neurons, which can slow the decline of cognition and memory related to dementia. Dementia causes a progressive loss of a ...

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

Treating the neurodegenerative disease in its earlier stages is key to slowing cognitive decline. A new study offers hope for the future.

Iowan Dawn Brenniman Wirtz couldn't find a book to help validate all the emotions she was going through while caring for her mom, who has Alzheimer's. So she wrote one.

As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.

What is functional cognitive disorder? Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) is an under-recognised condition that is different from dementia. It causes problems with memory or concentration but, unlike ...

'Memory cafes' are small social gatherings for individuals with dementia — and their caregivers, too. As public health funding shrinks, memory cafes are cheap to run and can offer measurable ...