New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in ...

Many people’s brains deteriorate as they age, becoming riddled with malfunctioning proteins that result in cell death and the ...

An international team says this is the first study to uncover this "resilience signature." ...

Lead researcher Orly Lazarov, a neuroscience professor at UIC College of Medicine, and her team started by studying the ...

The brains of super-agers exhibit greater neuroplasticity, allowing them to adapt and compensate for age-related changes.

Aging frightens most people. The ancients personified it as a ghostly figure. The Greeks called him Geras, a bent and shriveled spirit trailing behind the strong gods of Olympus. To grow old was to be ...