A new, one-time treatment could be the answer to cure Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disease long-considered ...

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been refining and combining several advanced ...

A Harvard neurologist shares how many steps you should aim for each day for a healthy brain to prevent memory loss and ...

"Drains" in the brain, responsible for clearing toxic waste in the organ, tend to get clogged up in people who show signs of ...

Sometimes our immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune ...

Scientists are making progress in understanding and treating these disorders, which can go unrecognized for years.

Even newer “minimally invasive” ideas, like stent-mounted electrodes deployed through blood vessels, still require a catheter ...

Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

A neuroimaging study of individuals spanning the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum found that the attenuated anticorrelation ...

Researchers are working on microscopic, wireless chips that can travel through the bloodstream and self-implant in a targeted ...

Ashtyn Fellenz lived with Canavan disease, a rare and terminal brain disorder, and after her death, her parents agreed to ...