Neurosciences

A new study shows transmission speed among brain regions increases into early adulthood. The structural system of neural pathways develops as people age.

Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified key clinical findings that can help clinicians recognize patients with potentially treatable causes of rapidly progressive dementia, who ...

Surgical removal of both ovaries is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism in women younger than 43, Mayo Clinic researchers report ...

The risks of dementia, cancer and vascular disease increase with age, but the connection between the conditions is not fully understood. Now, Mayo Clinic researchers ...

While hormone therapy has been one avenue to address the symptoms associated with menopause, over the years the treatment also has raised a slew of ...

As he graduates from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, a new scientist looks back on his journey. Lee Peyton, Ph.D., wanted to become a ...

Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles on caloric restriction. The first article focuses on replicating the effects of fasting. The final article ...

Gene expression can amplify the risk of neurodegenerative diseases for patients, but researchers are still figuring out which genes have an outsized effect on risk ...

Damage to brain cells in two separate neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy — is not limited to specific parts of the ...

In preclinical studies, Mayo Clinic scientists and collaborators have identified the molecular mechanism used by the brain's "cleaners" as they remove a problematic protein in ...