The brain goes through big changes in midlife. This is a key time to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease. A study looked at how men and women's brains work differently during this period. The study used special brain scans to check memory-related activity. It found that women with certain risk factors showed more activity in a key brain area called the hippocampus. Th...

Alzheimer's disease is a big deal. It's the most common type of dementia, and it's tough to diagnose and treat. One of the main problems is that scientists don't have great tools to see what's happening inside the brain. Specifically, they want to track two things: amyloid-β plaques and hypochlorous acid (HClO/ClO - ). These two things are like the bad guys in the...

The brain is like a mystery box inside our heads. To see what's going on inside, scientists have used light and sound, but there's a big problem: the skull. It's like a thick wall that makes it hard to get clear pictures. For a long time, the tools they had were either blurry or needed to open up the skull. That's not cool. But now, there are new tricks. They can us...

Imagine having a stroke and then living with unbearable pain for the rest of your life. This is the reality for many people who suffer from central poststroke pain syndrome (CPSP). One method that doctors use to manage this severe pain is deep brain stimulation (DBS). But how effective is it, and where exactly in the brain should the stimulation happen? Scientists fr...