REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by acting out dreams, which may include shouting, kicking and punching during sleep.

Researchers identified a first-of-its-kind patient with a genetic predisposition for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease who remained cognitively intact more than two decades beyond the expected age of memory impairment.

"Air pollution is one of the very few prominent, modifiable environmental risk factors in Alzheimer's disease."

Deep sleep might help alleviate some of the most devastating outcomes of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.

Stress increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in female mice, but not in males, according to a new study.

Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia – and how,

A new study sheds light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments and how things can go wrong with its internal compass.

A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer's disease—but only sometimes.

An electrical method allows researchers to observe and analyze the dynamics of a brain protein that underlies diseases like Alzheimer's.