The number of young people that died due to Covid-19 increased in 2021 as compared to 2020 which affected older adults. A study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital has quantified this downward age-shift in Covid-19 deaths, using Years of Life Lost rather than mortality.

People who eat or drink more foods with antioxidant flavonols, which are found in several fruits and vegetables as well as tea and wine, may have a slower rate of memory decline, according to a study published in the November 22, 2022, online issue of Neurology.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that increasing the production of new neurons in mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) rescues the animals’ memory defects. The study shows that new neurons can incorporate into the neural circuits that store memories and restore their normal function.

One of the most upsetting aspects of age-related memory decline is not being able to remember the face that accompanies the name of a person you just talked with hours earlier. While researchers don’t understand why this dysfunction occurs, a new study conducted at University of Maryland School of Medicine has provided some important new clues.

Alzheimer's is often associated with so-called plaques in the brain. However, these protein deposits on neurons are probably not solely responsible for the disease. A new study by researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum, for example, provides evidence that certain protein residues can also penetrate into the interior of the cells and lead to their death.

A breakdown in how brain cells rid themselves of waste precedes the buildup of debris-filled plaques known to occur in Alzheimer’s disease, a new study in mice shows. This results could explain why drugs designed to remove amyloid deposits have failed to stop the disease.

People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40 percent less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UT Health Houston.

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine in the USA have successfully increased the production of neural stem cells and neurons by making use of optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells. These neurons are relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK and China’s Fudan University state the one requires no more than seven hours of sleep daily as one ages in order to maintain good cognitive performance and mental health.

In a new study by Arizona State University, researchers have discovered a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease wherein they are able to carry out a process for converting non-neuronal cells into functioning neurons in the brain which can then dispense dopamine and restore dopaminergic cells destroyed by the Parkinson’s disease.