What's normal? What's not? Find out what experts say about the cognitive aging process and the secrets of ‘superagers.’ Our brains start to shrink as early as our thirties and forties. In middle age, ...

As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the ...

Share on Pinterest Lower vitamin C levels were linked to lower gray matter volume in a new study. MNT Design/Photo by bawanch/Getty Images As our body naturally ages, so does our brain, causing ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that ...

Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads ...

Researchers have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single-cell resolution, spanning from early development to adulthood and through disease stages such as brain ...