Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death has been determined after the Dodgers legend died last month at the age of 63. According ...

The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt wants the Public Health Agency of Canada to help investigate a mysterious brain illness that ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD ... leading to bleeding in the lower sections of the brain. Wernicke disease can cause physical symptoms like double vision and a loss of muscle coordination.

In a major discovery, scientists have presented the first evidence of Alzheimer's disease transmission in living individuals.

The genetic mutation that causes Huntington's disease (HD)—a devastating brain disease that disrupts mobility and diminishes ...

An international collaboration led by RIKEN researchers has discovered how unusual spherical structures form in the brains of ...

A CAR-T trial is one of several efforts that suggest there’s hope of treating the “worst imaginable childhood brain tumor,” ...

A brain mapping study funded by the NIH reveals which cell types may be the first to be affected. New research funded by the ...

People with chronic cocaine use can experience cognitive impairments and motor dysfunction that can be mitigated with antioxidant or anti-inflammatory agents; this supports the authors’ claim that ...

When it comes to brain health, some things are out of your control. Age is the biggest risk factor for developing dementia, according to the World Health Organization, but others such as genetics ...