Scientists have uncovered a powerful new clue in the mystery of brain aging: a single protein called FTL1. In aging mice, higher levels of this protein weakened connections between brain cells and led ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have created a new tool to better understand how aging ...

An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to the accumulation of defective energy molecules in the brains of aged mice, ...

Does partying in your 20s cause memory loss in your 60s? New research from the University of Michigan links young adult binge drinking, smoking, and cannabis use to cognitive decline decades later.

As people grow older, the same brain chemistry that once supported sharp thinking and stable mood can quietly start to work against them. A new wave of research is revealing how a single amino acid, ...

William James, the father of American Psychology, famously speculated that when a newborn child has her first sensory experience with the world outside of her mother’s womb, it must be “a great ...