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A dementia diagnosis in the family often comes with more questions than answers, especially when doctors mention Lewy body dementia alongside more familiar names like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Understanding what sets these conditions apart can help families know what to expect and w...
Prion diseases are among the rarest and strangest conditions in neuroscience — and among the most fatal. In a recent Brain Research Foundation Lunch & Learn presentation, Dr. James A. Mastrianni, MD, PhD, the Helen McLoraine Neuroscientist of Brain Research Foundation and a researcher a...
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability in the world. Yet for decades, the question of why (why do neurons connect differently, why does cognition develop along a distinct path, and why does Alzheimer’s disease appear so frequently in people with Down...
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is one of the most significant genetic contributors to intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in the world — yet it remains widely misunderstood, underfunded, and under-researched. For the families living with this diagnosis, the research gaps are not ...
Therapeutic touch — the deliberate use of physical contact to support health and wellbeing — is not a wellness trend. It is a biological mechanism, deeply embedded in the architecture of the human brain. When skin meets skin, a cascade of neurological events unfolds: stress hormones d...
May 20, 2026 | Free via Zoom Join the Brain Research Foundation — the nation’s oldest neuroscience foundation — for our next Lunch & Learn webinar, featuring neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Ph.D. In this thought-provoking session, Dr. Abdus-Saboor will explore the remar...
For decades, the prevailing medical model viewed mental health through the lens of deficit-identifying what was “broken” within the neural circuitry of the brain. However, through the lens of the Brain Research Foundation (BRF), a more sophisticated narrative has emerged. It is a narr...
March 11, 2026, the Brain Research Foundation hosted one of its most anticipated lunchtime lectures of the year. Dr. Lindsay DeBaise, Ph.D., joined us over Zoom to explore a topic that sits at the heart of modern neuroscience: the role of microglia the brain’s own immune cells in shaping br...
For millions of people, a good night’s sleep feels increasingly out of reach. Poor sleep affects memory, mood, mental health, and long-term brain function. Over time, chronic sleep disruption increases the risk of cognitive decline, depression, and neurological disease. Yet despite its impo...
The global opioid addiction crisis has remained one of the most urgent public health issues in 2025, and now that we are going into the new year, it requires attention now more than ever. For decades, the primary tool for severe opioid treatment has been the opioid itself, creating a devastating ...
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