A largely overlooked space between cells in women's brains may hold the key to understanding memory loss tied to estrogen decline after menopause, reports a new preclinical Northwestern Medicine study ...

A new study finds a link between non-traditional working hours to losses in the amygdala and thalamus. Here’s what it means ...

Scientists are discovering that hearing loss isn’t just an inconvenience that makes conversations difficult – it’s actually accelerating brain aging and cognitive decline in ways that could triple the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 million people worldwide. Approximately 80% of people with MS have inflammation in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps control movement ...

Estrogen loss in aging females causes the collapse of the brain's extracellular matrix, increasing Alzheimer's risk.

New NIH research reveals that semaglutide sparks different responses inside appetite-controlling brain cells, offering fresh insight into why GLP-1 weight-loss drugs don’t work the same for everyone.

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For decades, textbooks told students the human brain held roughly 100 billion neurons and that glial cells outnumbered them ...