A recent study published in Cell reveals that the repeated DNA sequence that leads to Huntington’s disease (HD) expands ...

Paul Duke STEM High School senior Chloe Au was named one of the top teenage scientists in the world by the Society for ...

The B vitamin mitigates manganese neurotoxicity, which produces symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease. The vitamin improves dopamine production in the brain and offers potential therapeutic ...

Lecanemab reduces toxic amyloid-β protofibrils, slowing Alzheimer’s disease progression and supporting personalised treatment ...

Preserving levels of brain glucose metabolism can both slow cognitive decline and reduces the risk of conversion to dementia.

Having 35 copies of the CAG triplet in the gene that causes Huntington’s disease is not a problem. Inheriting 40 could be a ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating, progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 7 million ...

Would HSV-1 wake up and start the process of neurodegeneration?" The link between HSV-1 and Alzheimer's disease was first suggested by co-author Ruth Itzhaki, Visiting Professorial Fellow at Oxford ...

Alzheimer's disease is likely caused by stalled protein processing in the brain, according to a new study.

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting ...

A new study reveals that biotin, a B vitamin, could shield the brain from damage caused by chronic manganese exposure, which ...

In children with NPC, the microglial marker TSPO tracks with neurodegeneration. Siblings with the same mutation can have different symptoms and ages of onset. It never occurred to the family that both ...