UCLA study finds yoga, meditation more effective than memory-boosting exercises.

A new book by UC Santa Barbara's Kenneth S. Kosik offers strategies for reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

First-of-its-kind UCLA nursing school study examines synapses to better understand progression of the disease.

UCLA biostatistics team forecasts prevalence of the disease under different circumstances

Prions, long studied by UCSF professor and Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer's and other dementias. Now they're linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans and in the brain damage of athletes who have suffered repeated concussions.

Researchers found players with a history of concussions had elevated levels of tau protein, a precursor to both Alzheimer's and CTE, which afflicted the late Junior Seau.

Discovery ends geneticist's 20-year quest for cause of rare IMAGe syndrome.