Research in Dr. Schafer's Brain and Systemic Aging Lab at Mayo Clinic focuses on how aging changes cell identities, tissue composition, and brain health and function.

Although the terms brain pliability, brain plasticity, and neuroplasticity are closely tied to the 20th century, the concepts ...

The origin of some neuropsychiatric diseases, such as autism, bipolar disorder, or depression, and certain neurodegenerative ...

Advance could usher in new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases ...

Age often brings a gradual decline in the ability to learn new things and retain memories. This phenomenon, often associated ...

There is no discernible effect of an additional year of education from a policy change on long-term structural neuroimaging measures in a large aging sample (UK Biobank).

Age often brings a gradual decline in the ability to learn new things and retain memories. This phenomenon, often associated ...

Age-related memory decline is often linked to reduced activity and division of neural stem cells (NSCs), but the underlying ...

People who got infected with the virus also showed deficits in certain cognitive abilities, such as processing speed and ...

Endocrine disruption during pregnancy and genetic drivers of bone disease were among the topics experts from UC San Francisco presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society — ENDO 2025 — in ...

The World Federation of Neurology represents 125 member societies globally and aims to foster brain health and quality neurology worldwide. The term brain health has become an acknowledged term of ...

Some autistic teens mask their traits to “pass” as non-autistic in social settings, but a new study reveals the hidden cognitive toll.