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

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

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

Of all the ways our immune system can run amok and damage the body instead of protecting it, autoimmune encephalitis is one ...

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

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

Scientists discovered that lowering a specific molecule helps microglia switch into a protective state that quiets brain ...

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

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along ...

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

Patients with kidney cancer brain metastases have a poor prognosis and have been excluded from most clinical trials of ...

Hearing loss also predicts a significantly higher risk of dementia, especially in APOE ε4 carriers, highlighting its value as an early risk marker.