Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention. A new ...

Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention. A new ...

Why the brain feels "foggy" after a poor night's sleep has finally been explained. Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain - a process that normally ...

Perivascular space volume did not predict dementia. Higher DTI-ALPS (HR 0.866, 95% CI 0.797-0.942, P =0.001) was associated with a lower risk of incident dementia. Higher choroid plexus volume (HR ...

The ‘glymphatic system’ — the flow of cerebrospinal fluid during sleep to flush out toxins and waste materials from the brain — plays an essential role in keeping the brain healthy. A new study, using ...

Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention.

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

Measuring blood flow in the brain is critical for understanding response to a range of neurological problems, including stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and vascular dementia. Obtaining such ...