“Some degree of memory loss can be considered normal, especially with age,” Carmen Carrión, a neuropsychologist and an ...

Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

The breakdown of perineuronal nets (PNN) in the brain lead to failure to recognize family, friends and caregivers among patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to an October study published ...

Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can damage the body's natural rhythm and disrupt the part of the brain involved ...

In general, vitamin B12 deficiency declines with age and so its prevalence shows higher in the elderly population. However, ...

Many medications can cause memory loss, including benzodiazepines, opioids, certain antidepressants, and antihistamines.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating cause of memory loss and cognitive decline, for which no curative treatment is ...

A newly published study is reshaping scientists’ understanding of why people with Alzheimer’s disease forget familiar faces, ...

New research has found that the loss of social memory – recognizing friends and family – in Alzheimer's disease (AD) could ...

Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

Scientists reverse age-related memory decline in rats by targeting a key brain protein, offering hope for treating cognitive ...

Jarome and his team found that aging disrupts K63 polyubiquitination in two distinct areas of the brain. In the hippocampus, ...