Scientists have identified the 1N4R tau isoform as a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease, paving the way for potential new ...

In a brain equivalent to that of a 60-year-old, however, the surrounding cells did nothing, and the myelin was lost. "That model gets us as close as we can get to the cell-death process that ...

For 30 years, researchers have known that Huntington's is caused by an inherited mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene, but they didn't know how the mutation causes brain cell death. A new study ...

“So that could be the near-death experience ... subatomic scale inside our brain cells, beyond the usual electrical signals we are familiar with. Scientists are investigating whether the ...

A game-changing drug to protect millions of brain cells from dying after a stroke has been developed in Australia with hopes it could save lives across the globe. Argenica Therapeutics' ARG-007 is ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found a potential new target for treating Parkinson's disease.

When blood supply to the brain becomes compromised, every passing minute means more brain cells dying. Recognizing these warning signs immediately and taking swift action by calling emergency ...

When these proteins begin to cluster together, they create harmful tangles that ultimately lead to brain cell death and memory loss. Research conducted at multiple prestigious institutions ...

The fungus is detected by the receptor that does a normal process to induce innate immunity, but in the brain this can also trigger an immune-evasion pathway that induces cell death in the host ...

A study has uncovered that iron orchestrates the activation of two damaging cell death pathways—ferroptosis and ...