As you age, maintaining a daily habit of walking can prevent cognitive decline, especially for those most at risk, a new ...

The site of consciousness is a historical debate among scholars; however, new data revealed that the body and brain may play ...

Researchers have found a way to rejuvenate the glycocalyx, the “sugar shield” that bolsters the blood-brain barrier. Exciting ...

The brain fog that can linger after a bout with COVID is not a new discovery. In fact, much research has linked this ...

More information: Sophia M. Shi et al, Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08589-9 ...

More information: Elisa Nicoloso Simões‐Pires et al, Synergistic effects of the Aβ/fibrinogen complex on synaptotoxicity, neuroinflammation, and blood–brain barrier damage in Alzheimer's ...

For decades, the narrative around Parkinson’s disease treatment has focused primarily on dopamine replacement. The loss of ...

Activation of the TGF-β pathway results in elevated levels of IL-6 and the onset of neuroinflammation. Simultaneously, endothelial cells release PGE2, which enhances astrocytic Ca 2+ levels via ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by research teams led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Departments of ...

In postmortem brain tissue from patients with ASD, they observed altered expression of genes associated with blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and function in association with neuroinflammation.