The state of Florida has stepped up surveillance after confirmation of new cases of a contagious brain disorder in deer similar to mad cow disease.

Two people have died and a third remains under investigation after health officials in Hood River County identified multiple cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare but deadly brain disorder ...

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Heparin treatment was associated with a delayed diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia, electronic health records in two U.S. health systems showed. (Molecular Psychiatry) Analyses of cell types after ...

Gerstmann-Strässler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) is a rare, inherited brain disorder. It can cause cognitive difficulties, involuntary muscle movements, and difficulty speaking. Share on Pinterest ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers have described with single-molecule precision how copper ions cause prion proteins to misfold and seed the misfolding and clumping of nearby prion ...