Chronic stress can damage the gut’s protective lining, triggering inflammation that may worsen depression. New research shows that stress lowers levels of a protein called Reelin, which plays a key ...

The phrase ‘leaky brain’ may sound like internet shorthand, but behind it lies a serious and fast-evolving area of ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One potential factor is sex-specific differences in the blood-brain barrier. This ...

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...

Source: By Amyyfory - CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Just as every country is protected by a tightly sealed border, so too is the brain. Breaches in the brain’s border wall cause many neurological ...

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.