We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. Colbie Schueneman, 6, is sharing her story with KIF1A, also known as KAND.

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New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...

NFL super-agent Leigh Steinberg opens up about the brain trauma crisis in football and his mission to protect athletes ...

The layer of myelin that protects the nerve fibers is fatty and repels water when it’s undamaged. If the myelin has been damaged, however, this fat content is reduced or stripped away entirely ...

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