Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can ...

Two new lines of brain research are testing whether aging cells can be nudged into working more like young ones. In one study ...

Biohackers chasing the fountain of youth are turning to an unlikely new tool: nicotine. Once demonized for its role in ...

A study of 26,000 older adults finds that moderate cannabis use is associated with larger brain volumes and better memory, attention, and processing speed.

A newly identified protein may hold the key to rejuvenating aging brain cells. Researchers found that boosting DMTF1 can ...

University researchers are examining how surgery and aging can specifically affect older brains and how aging brains could recover.

Aging doesn’t have to mean losing your past. Scientists have found a way to "reprogram" specific memory-holding neurons, ...

Through a combination of human NSC analysis in the lab and mouse model experiments, the researchers singled out a protein ...

What is cognitive reserve and how does it allow the brain to continue functioning even in the face of age-related changes? A ...

An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to ...

Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens ...

Adults who did regular aerobic exercise for a year had brains that appeared about one year younger on MRI scans than people ...