Dopamine neurons in a part of the brain called the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral ...

An international study has found that wearable technology could help detect Parkinson's disease (PD) up to nine years before ...

More than 57 million people worldwide currently live with dementia, and experts say cases are set to rise sharply.

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

A new review highlights five major ways microplastics can harm the brain, raising concerns that they may worsen ...

The second-most-common form of dementia is Lewy body dementia, said Dr. Jori Fleisher, an associate professor of neurological ...

To meet this challenge head-on, University of California San Diego researchers and clinicians are tackling Alzheimer’s at every angle — from the earliest detection to groundbreaking therapies, novel ...

Dementia is a highly prevalent condition, affecting 57 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year, ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who ...

The team from Sweden is hopeful that one day there could be a blood test for Lewy body disease, just like there is for ...

For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. However, for seniors who've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another ...

Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson's ...