A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a ...

As people age, it's normal for them to suffer from some minor memory problems. Dementia, however, is not a normal part of ...

The world is ageing quickly. People older than 64 years already outnumber children younger than five, and this asymmetry will continue to widen. As life expectancy increases and fertility rates ...

Have you ever heard someone point to a broken-down car, refrigerator, or another piece of machinery and claim, “they just don’t make them like they used to”? According to the theory of retrogenesis, ...

There are factors that can increase someone's risk of vascular dementia as they increase the likelihood of damage to blood vessels in the brain. The biggest risk factor for vascular dementia is age, ...

Data on sex differences in peripheral vascular disease are ill defined, and there is a need to report and understand those sex-related differences to mitigate adverse outcomes related to those ...

they can and do sometimes result in fights – particularly if food is around or they venture into an unfamiliar unowned cats’ territory. To complicate things further, two cats are more likely ...

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los ...

Russia has announced a cross-border offensive had captured territory in Ukraine's Sumy region for the first time since 2022 as Ukraine struggles to hold onto territory in Russia's neighbouring ...

Scientists at UBC have discovered a new type of brain cell, called ovoid cells, which play a key role in object recognition memory. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for memory-related ...

However, some people experience substantial changes in physical or cognitive abilities after a CVA. The prognosis for a cerebral vascular accident depends on the type of stroke and other factors such ...

‘Vasomics’ is an emerging omics discipline that comprehensively analyses and models the vascular system by integrating pathophysiology of disease, biomechanics, medical imaging, computational science ...