Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

Scientists have identified a critical breakdown in the cellular machinery that produces proteins in aging brains.

Memories rarely arrive as an unbroken stream. The brain quietly divides life into segments: entering a room, starting a conversation, or watching a new scene unfold.

Loss and dysfunction of synapses have been linked to age-related cognitive decline and observed in Alzheimer's and other ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Exercise may sharpen the mind by repairing the brain’s protective shield. Researchers found that physical activity prompts the liver to release an enzyme that removes a harmful protein causing the ...

When mice exercise, their livers release GPLD1 into the bloodstream. The enzyme travels to the blood vessels surrounding the brain and removes TNAP from the surface of those cells. By trimming away ...

While brain 'senescence' or growing frail is largely accepted as a normal process of aging, this data set represents an opportunity to challenge that notion." While the findings do not point to ...

Surviving cancer at a young age may come with an unexpected cost: faster aging at both the cellular and brain levels. Researchers found that survivors often show signs of being biologically older than ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...