New research reveals memory loss with age follows a curved pattern, linked to widespread brain shrinkage rather than a single ...

New findings based on more than 10,000 MRI scans have shed light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline ...

Spaceflight takes a physical toll on astronauts, causing muscles to atrophy, bones to thin and bodily fluids to shift.

An international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

Scientists uncover how brain shrinkage across multiple regions accelerates memory decline in healthy ageing adults.

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated with schizophrenia. By combining ...

These findings provide some evidence that reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) may contribute to brain atrophy, thereby increasing the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD).

Association seen between HDL cholesterol and greater grey matter volume in midlife independent of traditional risk factors. (HealthDay News) — High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol may help ...

"We have come to understand that sleep is really intertwined with the neurological processes driving Alzheimer's and similar dementias," said Dr. Alberto Ramos, research director of the Sleep ...

October 20, 2011 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) — A new investigation finds that 6 years after diagnosis, brain volumes and, particularly, cognition were more severely affected in men with multiple ...