Over seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the heartbreaking day-to-day battle with the effects of cognitive decline. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the brain ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation ...

“Whether patients undergo a procedure to remove plaque in the carotid artery, known as a carotid endarterectomy, stenting to insert a flexible tube to hold open the narrowed part of the artery, or a ...

Subtle changes in brain blood flow and oxygen use are closely linked to hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s, including amyloid plaques and memory-related brain shrinkage. Simple, noninvasive scans may one ...

A project at USC Keck School of Medicine has studied how brain blood flow and oxygenation provide early clues to a patient's risk of Alzheimer's disease. Published in the journal Alzheimer's & ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate. Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to the blood vessels that feed the brain. Scientists are now testing whether ...