Participants with weaker kidney function had a lower cognitive performance, regardless of age, sex, education, body mass index or cardio-vascular health. They also demonstrated brain atrophy —that is, ...

Cognitive impairment is one of the burdens for patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. It can severely impair quality of life and often leads to an increased risk of dementia in those affected ...

Study: Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains. Image Credit: SIVStockStudio/Shutterstock.com A recent Nature Medicine study assessed the relative ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...

During the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), α-synuclein pathology may originate in peripheral organs and spread to the CNS. Using human tissue samples and multiple approaches in mouse models ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology reveals that chronic kidney disease (CKD) accelerates cognitive decline through interconnected damage to ...

The pathogenesis of Lewy body diseases (LBDs), including Parkinson’s disease (PD), involves α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation that originates in peripheral organs and spreads to the brain. PD incidence ...

When a human dies, the body doesn't simply switch off all at once. Different organs stop working at different times, depending on how much oxygen they need and how reliant they are on blood flow.

Having PKD increases the risk of brain aneurysms. This is due to several factors, including the genetic aspects of PKD and its effect on blood pressure. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a hereditary ...