It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria — the cell’s energy generators — may directly ...

Memory formation involves complex processes within the brain. When you experience something, like placing your keys on a table, neurons in the brain activate in a specific pattern. The strength of ...

Stress is the brain’s natural response to fear, but it often disrupts memory in the process, potentially impacting the possibility of memory loss. When preparing for a big presentation or taking a ...

Memory loss may not simply be a symptom of getting older. New research from Virginia Tech shows that it's tied to specific molecular changes in the brain and that adjusting those processes can improve ...

In fact, there is another common cognitive disorder with very similar symptoms, called limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy — or LATE for short — that is often misdiagnosed as ...

Most people have memory loss in the minutes before and after a generalized seizure, and they are often confused for a period ...

Coping with memory loss after a stroke can be a daunting and emotionally overwhelming journey. Approximately one-third of patients are affected by memory loss within the first year after stroke. 1 ...

A landmark study illustrates how recharging the brain's mitochondrial activity can reverse memory loss in dementia, ...