It has remained mysterious for millennia, but we’re finally uncovering the profound role the lymphatic system plays in ...

Intervening in the pathways that disrupt the brain’s waste clearance system could help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease ...

Research shows impaired brain waste clearance and cardiovascular risks may increase dementia risk, highlighting new paths for ...

Instead of targeting neurons, the researchers specifically sought to repair a critical part of the brain that keeps ...

Scientists have uncovered a toxic alliance between Aβ and fibrinogen that may explain how Alzheimer’s disease begins. The two ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems ...

Researchers have discovered that problems with the brain’s waste-clearing system—the glymphatic system—may significantly ...

Merging biophysics with knowledge of how the brain handles waste led to an impressive 50 percent reduction of amyloid beta in ...

Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep ...

Learn how impaired movement of the brain's cerebrospinal fluid can contribute to dementia risk. Discover the connection ...

Researchers at USC have created the first method to noninvasively measure microscopic blood vessel pulses in the human brain.

For decades, scientists have known that Alzheimer's disease is marked by sticky plaques and tangled proteins in the brain. In ...