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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

University of Utah launches landmark study linking blood pressure and brain health

In six massive laboratory freezers at the University of Utah, nearly 40,000 blood samples wait in frozen stasis.

24 Sep 2025

Innovative technique could reveal Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear

NAU researchers are experimenting with new technology that could help medical providers easily detect Alzheimer's disease early and prevent its advance.

24 Sep 2025

Review shows lecanemab and donanemab slow decline and explains who should get them

The Lancet review synthesises evidence on anti beta amyloid monoclonal antibodies and the wider Alzheimer’s care pathway, weighing efficacy, safety, economics, and health system readiness across disease, patient, and population perspectives.

24 Sep 2025

Consumption of ultra-processed foods may exacerbate disease activity in early multiple sclerosis

Higher intake of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may exacerbate disease activity in early multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research presented at the 41st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS 2025).

24 Sep 2025

Blood and brain biomarkers transform how doctors confirm Alzheimer’s disease

A new Lancet review proposes a three-wave diagnostic pathway that combines clinical expertise with blood, CSF, and PET biomarkers. This approach aims to deliver earlier, more accurate, and more equitable Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis worldwide.

24 Sep 2025

How food choices and cooking methods drive brain inflammation and disease

Researchers reviewing evidence in NeuroSci show how dietary AGEs and their interaction with RAGE drive oxidative stress, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. They highlight how cooking methods and diet choices could lower AGE burden and protect brain health, while calling for rigorous clinical trials.

24 Sep 2025

Researchers identify protein crucial for tick-borne encephalitis virus to infect human cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein that is crucial for the TBE virus to infect human cells.

24 Sep 2025

How DNA methylation changes during brain development influence autism and schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development and aging of the human brain, offering new insights into how conditions such as autism and schizophrenia may arise.

24 Sep 2025

FAU study explores how a new drug may help treat PTSD and its common companions

About 12 million adults in the United States are affected by PTSD, impacting between 4% and 8% of the adult population – and up to 30% of military personnel and veterans.

24 Sep 2025

New diagnostic methods and treatments needed to fight against Alzheimer's disease

The diagnosis and medical treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a condition that according to leading researchers in the field should be treated, has now advanced significantly.

24 Sep 2025

High levels of albumin in the urine linked to increased risk of dementia

A study shows that people with higher levels of the protein albumin in their urine are at increased risk of developing dementia. The study, led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is published in the scientific journal Journal of Internal Medicine.

24 Sep 2025

WHO releases statement on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy.

24 Sep 2025

Research highlights how the gut microbiome can affect epigenetics

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a new research by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

23 Sep 2025

Study reveals how the brain narrows attention over time

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, our expectation would be very different if the object is a bird flying past or a baseball coming straight at us.

23 Sep 2025

NIH funds USC team to develop a selective Alzheimer’s drug for APOE4 carriers

Backed by the combined expertise of three USC schools, scientists are developing a new drug aimed at a previously unexplored biological target in Alzheimer's disease, aided by an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

23 Sep 2025

Drinking any amount of alcohol may raise dementia risk

Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine.

23 Sep 2025

Study reveals how a key spinal circuit shapes the choreography of sex

For decades, it was thought that while the brain orchestrated male sexual behaviour – arousal, courtship, and copulation – the spinal cord merely executed the final act: ejaculation.

23 Sep 2025

Study provides new insights into understanding the origins of schizophrenia

A study published in Molecular Psychiatry and led by the EHU's Neuropsychopharmacology group, which is also a member of CIBER Mental Health (CIBERSAM) and of the Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, provides new insights into understanding the origins of schizophrenia.

23 Sep 2025

Mindfulness meditation may help treat people with depression and Internet gaming disorder

Mindfulness meditation may help people struggling with concurrent depression and Internet gaming disorder, according to a study. Guang-Heng Dong and colleagues treated 59 people with depression and Internet gaming disorder (IGD)-which is characterized by excessive and dysregulated video game playing.

23 Sep 2025

Experts call for coordinated global action to make the most of Alzheimer’s treatments

The approval of new antibody medications for Alzheimer's disease – lecanemab and donanemab – and diagnostic tests in the blood mark the beginning of a new era in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatment.

23 Sep 2025

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University of Utah launches landmark study linking blood pressure and brain health

Innovative technique could reveal Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear

Review shows lecanemab and donanemab slow decline and explains who should get them

Consumption of ultra-processed foods may exacerbate disease activity in early multiple sclerosis

Blood and brain biomarkers transform how doctors confirm Alzheimer’s disease

How food choices and cooking methods drive brain inflammation and disease

Researchers identify protein crucial for tick-borne encephalitis virus to infect human cells

How DNA methylation changes during brain development influence autism and schizophrenia

FAU study explores how a new drug may help treat PTSD and its common companions

New diagnostic methods and treatments needed to fight against Alzheimer's disease

High levels of albumin in the urine linked to increased risk of dementia

WHO releases statement on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism

Research highlights how the gut microbiome can affect epigenetics

Study reveals how the brain narrows attention over time

NIH funds USC team to develop a selective Alzheimer’s drug for APOE4 carriers

Drinking any amount of alcohol may raise dementia risk

Study reveals how a key spinal circuit shapes the choreography of sex

Study provides new insights into understanding the origins of schizophrenia

Mindfulness meditation may help treat people with depression and Internet gaming disorder

Experts call for coordinated global action to make the most of Alzheimer’s treatments

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