The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a program Thursday to advance brain-repair research and develop ...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, on Thursday unveiled the Functional Repair of Neocortical Tissue (FRONT) ...

Scientists have identified specific brain cells which respond most to exercise, an advance that could lead to a pill to boost ...

Summary: A new study questions whether playing youth football leads to harmful protein buildup in the brain. Researchers ...

Tulane University researchers created a first-of-its-kind subcellular map of an area of the brain commonly affected by ...

The research looked specifically at blood stem cells, which live in the bone marrow and make different types of blood cells.

In recent years, some scientists and advocates have warned that playing contact sports like football and hockey may increase the risk of brain diseases like Alzheimer's disease or chronic traumatic ...

Based on the analysis, the brain appears to be a particularly strong predictor of not just Alzheimer’s disease, but longevity ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

Creatine is well known for its role in muscle energy, but it’s also critical for brain function and development.

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...