Certain markers of injury to the brain’s white matter, called white matter hyperintensities, can be seen on brain scans. A new study finds that brain…
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A research team led by J. Nicholas Betley in the School of Arts & Sciences has identified an entirely new way the brain signals fullness…
A first look at grandmaternal brain function. Many people lucky enough to have grown up with doting grandmothers know that they can burnish a child’s…
Dr. Eric A. Vitriol. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University A new “image analysis pipeline” is giving scientists rapid new insight into how disease or injury…
Study results show elevated blood flow and improved oxygenation in the brain of patients suffering from cognitive impairment. Credit: Tel Aviv University Reversal of the…
Physical activity has greatest benefits for people with worse disease pathology. No one will disagree that an active lifestyle is good for you, but it…
A first-of-its-kind study led by researchers at Georgia State reveals surprising new information about the relationship between neuron activity and blood flow deep in the…
MIT researchers have found regions of the infant visual cortex that show strong preferences for either faces, bodies, or scenes, just as they do in…
NIH research highlights importance of data-driven approach to identify novel drug targets. Existing and emerging cancer drugs could be repurposed as therapies to be tested…
Brain mechanism identified that tracks angular head motion during navigation. To navigate successfully in an environment, you need to continuously track the speed and direction…
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and collaborators in Japan have discovered particular neurons in the brain that monitor whether predictions made…
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’sAlzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, causing a decline in mental ability that worsens over…
Human neurons have fewer ion channels, which might have allowed the human brain to divert energy to other neural processes. Neurons communicate with each other…
Findings published recently reveal new insights into the role of fat cells in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration, according to a study that involves the oxidant…
Unusual clusters on neurons are calcium-signaling “hotspots” that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce crucial proteins. For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found…
In a new paper, scientists suggest that efforts to understand human cognition should expand beyond the study of individual brains. They call on neuroscientists to…
Credit: Anya Wotton/ANU People with elevated blood pressure that falls within the normal recommended range are at risk of accelerated brain aging, according to new…
MIT researchers have discovered a gene linked to cognitive resilience in the elderly. Environmental enrichment, they find, appears to activate the MEF2 protein, which controls…
The study adds to the growing body of research on the role of the brain in obesity, now a global epidemic. Researchers are examining neurons…
Neuroscientists find the internal workings of next-word prediction models resemble those of language-processing centers in the brain. In the past few years, artificial intelligence models…