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, ...

Cognitive evaluations that ignore age-related arousal patterns may underestimate an older person’s cognitive resources.

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 ...

A surprising stress-related signal may help the brain repair itself after injury. Researchers found that myelin-producing precursor cells rapidly release the stress hormone CRH near damaged brain ...

The images are authentic and genuinely show the brain of a 44-year-old man with an excess amount of fluid in parts of his brain that may have possibly displaced other brain matter. The images were ...