Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

An explosion does not need to strike the head to injure the brain. When a blast occurs, it generates a sudden pressure wave that can pass through the body and skull in milliseconds, potentially ...