An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists say two separate brain circuits control how much salt we consume.

A new atlas of the human brain could help explain abilities like language – and vulnerabilities, like Alzheimer's disease.

The brain uses special neurons called time cells to organize our memories of events and experiences. But, despite their name, these cells don't work like a clock.

A dish of brain cells learned to play the 1970s video game Pong. The research could help computers become more intelligent

This week’s Medical Minute, discusses a newly identified enzyme, called “HDAC9,” that helps the neurons in our brain communicate and allows us to learn and remember.

This week’s Medical Minute, discusses the battle a diet too high in salt causes for our brain.

Scientists have created detailed maps of the brain area that controls movement in mice, monkeys and people. The maps could help explain human ailments like Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease.

Structures inside healthy brain cells nimbly move from one state to the next to perform different functions. But in certain degenerative brain diseases, scientists now think, that process gets stuck.

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...