Researchers at Niigata University have used advanced three-dimensional (3D) imaging to reveal how amyloid β (Aβ) deposits spread along blood vessels in the human brain in cerebral amyloid angiopathy ...

Plastic pollution has moved from oceans and beaches into the most intimate corners of the human body. Tiny fragments of plastic are now being detected inside the arteries that feed the heart and brain ...

In the brain, oxygenated blood travels through an extensive and central cerebral arterial circle. This network is called the circle of Willis. The posterior communicating artery makes up a large part ...

Researchers show two distinct MECP2 mutations in Rett syndrome elevate miRNA-126-3p, lowering ZO-1 and weakening blood-brain ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

In a medical robotics breakthrough, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have built a new kind of microcatheter that can hitch a ride on the bloodstream to navigate ...