Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ‘cryosleep pod’ in the 1979 science-fiction film Alien. (20TH CENTURY FOX via AJ Pics/Alamy) A familiar trope in science fiction ...
An aging mouse forgets where the hidden platform sits in a water maze. But strip away a single iron-storage protein from its ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visualization of 75,000 neurons (colored dots) active across the brain of an adult mouse across different stages of a ...
Aging may "erase" the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may snowball to cause unintended consequences, a new mouse study suggests. Tiny chemical messages attached ...
The brain is the most complicated organ in the human body. With billions of cells that create trillions of connections to allow an individual to move, think, and remember, many of its innerworkings ...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral changes. The deficits linked to AD are known to result from the ...
A $3.3 million NIH-funded project at Pitt is exploring how brain metabolism shapes aging and cognitive decline. By linking ...