It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

In Alzheimer’s, some research suggests that a buildup of prion proteins in the brain may contribute to the devastating loss of short- and long-term memory. “Long-term memory shapes our personality, ...

How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise ...

The human brain's glymphatic system, instrumental in removing toxins, has been visualized in living people through MRI ...

Oct. 24, 2024 — After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross 'talk' between two regions of the ...

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma. It has been shown how these cells ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

Researchers from the University of Warwick and University of Manchester developed a machine learning-based model to enhance cryoprotectant discovery. The new approach identifies molecules that prevent ...

His brain tissue-cloning theory, however, may be a bit more far-out than the AI schemes and MRI updates being funded by the agency. While there are already transplants for things like hips and ...

Prepare to imagine the sound of drilling through skulls and picture the sight of macerated brain tissue. But in Dr Schwartz’s telling, the impact of these grisly procedures on patients and their ...

‘Tissue chips’ incorporating human lung and brain tissue models are being developed for a study to understand and treat neurological symptoms such as brain fog associated with respiratory diseases.

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?