New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life. But, ironically, that life-saving rush of blood can also trigger a second ...

Northwestern University researchers have reported a novel injectable nanomaterial that crossed the blood–brain barrier and ...

Dementia — which gradually erodes memory, concentration and judgment — affects over 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths annually. Symptoms tend to be relatively mild at first ...

New research suggests that balance and coordination problems in multiple sclerosis may begin when key brain cells slowly run ...

Scientists uncover how brain shrinkage across multiple regions accelerates memory decline in healthy ageing adults.

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

More than 5 million Americans are living with permanent TBI-related disability related to traumatic brain injury, which can severely impact quality of life. Unfortunately, people with TBI are often ...

(By Dr. Raveesh Sunkara) When it comes to brain health, delays can be costly. The brain is unlike other organs, it has very ...