Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In ...

Specific body fat distribution patterns were associated with brain structural differences, cognitive decline, and increased risk for neurologic disease.

These findings provide some evidence that reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) may contribute to brain atrophy, thereby increasing the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD).

A large international study involving nearly 700 participants reveals that women with a precursor condition to Parkinson's disease show significantly less brain atrophy—decreased cortical thickness in ...

A study questioned the use of brain volume loss as a clinical trial endpoint in PPMS after finding a weak link to disability ...