From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, ...

They also demonstrated brain atrophy—that is, shrinkage of the cerebral cortex in the frontal lobes. The mechanisms by which kidney disease is associated with cognitive impairment and ...

Age-related brain atrophy, the gradual loss of neurons and shrinkage of brain tissue, is a natural part of aging, which can ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

A new biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh could help doctors doctors detect signs of Alzheimer's years sooner, according to research published Monday in Nature Medicine.

Brain imaging showed atrophy in the caudate and putamen at this time point. A longitudinal increase in the somatic cytosine-adenine-guanine repeat expansion ratio in blood predicted brain atrophy.

In addition, there are inflammatory cells and atrophy of brain tissue with dementia, which may create “a sort of sink for plastics to go,” he said. “We want to we want to be very cautious in ...