We’ve all been there - waking up on the wrong side of the bed after a poor night of sleep. What should have been alertness has instead been unwittingly replaced by brain fog and attention deficit, but ...

New neuroimaging research shows that when sleep-deprived people lose focus, the brain briefly shifts toward sleep-like physiology, offering fresh insight into why cognitive performance declines ...

Manipulating how much carbon dioxide a person breathes can crank up the brain's 'sewage system', researchers have found. The proof-of-concept study, led by neuroscientists at the University of New ...

A single sleepless night can leave one feeling foggy, slow to react, and dangerously prone to mistakes. Anyone who has struggled through an early morning commute after little or no sleep knows the ...

Abnormal clumps of proteins like α-synuclein, amyloid beta and tau are associated with neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, but a waste removal mechanism called the ...

As we enjoy ourselves through the festive season, many will already be planning a detox in the new year: cutting back on screentime, perhaps, or abstaining from alcohol. Recently, I wondered whether ...

The typical signs and symptoms of idiopathic NPH are shown. In a retrospective study involving 418 patients with shunt-responsive idiopathic NPH, 96% of the patients had gait difficulty, 76% had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and ...

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 ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait disturbance, progressive mental deterioration and urinary incontinence associated with enlargement of the ventricular system and normal ...