Two distinct pathways of brain aging emerged in a cellular analysis of post-mortem brain tissue. One trajectory led to Alzheimer's disease, the other to an alternative brain aging pathway. Cellular ...

New research reveals how a "leaky" blood-brain barrier connects sports-related head injuries to long-term brain disease like CTE.

News outlets have been reporting the story of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old pregnant woman diagnosed as brain dead in February 2025 when she was nine weeks pregnant. According to reports, Smith had ...

It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely on postmortem samples that have been donated by volunteers. But a new study has ...