Being overweight may lead to accelerated cognitive decline, according to new research from the University of Georgia. The ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena found that oxidative stress in the ...

A new scientific statement highlights how mental health, sleep, and the gut microbiome shape brain health from childhood ...

VANCOUVER - March 8, 2026 - Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now realize that vast individual differences require a ...

Scientists have discovered a way to help the brain clean itself of harmful Alzheimer’s plaques by activating its own support cells. By increasing a protein called Sox9, researchers were able to boost ...

Your brain reacts to everything you do each day. New research shows that sleep, stress, diet, and environment shape brain ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have identified an iron-storing protein called ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1) as a driver of age-related cognitive decline in mice, and they ...

Memories rarely arrive as an unbroken stream. The brain quietly divides life into segments: entering a room, starting a conversation, or watching a new scene unfold. Each shift creates a mental ...

A landmark research paper for the first time maps the genetics of how individual regions of the brain age—and why some of those regions are the very ones most ravaged by Alzheimer's and dementia.

Lifting weights might help keep your mind young. A new study published in GeroScience suggests that older adults who engage in regular resistance training can actively slow down the biological aging ...

A study by the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena shows that the chemical composition of proteins in the brain undergoes fundamental changes with aging. In particular, ...