Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease rarely strike the same person, a pattern that has puzzled clinicians for years. Instead of ...

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops ...

For more than a century, the story of the brain has been told as a tale of neurons, with every thought and memory traced to their electrical chatter. That narrative is now being rewritten as evidence ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied information.

The health benefits of dietary flavanols appear to come from their ability to trigger responses in the brain and the body’s stress systems. That slightly dry, tightening feeling some foods leave in ...

New UK research challenges some scientists' fundamental assumptions about how memory works, relying on the entire brain.

Some people don’t develop dementia despite showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brain, and we're starting to ...

Scientists have long observed that cancer patients have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research reveals a possible ...

Disrupted hippocampal replay in an Alzheimer’s mouse model reveals how memory consolidation breaks down, offering clues for early diagnosis.

A new study finds the hippocampus reorganizes memories to predict rewards. This discovery explains how the brain learns and why Alzheimer's affects decision-making.

Johns Hopkins scientists reveal that “inactive” GluD brain proteins regulate neuronal communication and open up new ...

Memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease may be linked to impairment in how the brain replays our recent experiences while ...