Brain scans suggest menopause may temporarily alter the brain's normal aging process, with researchers observing changes in brain structure, connectivity, and energy use that appear to stabilize after the transition.

New study finds that the brain's energy system rapidly recovers in alcoholics just a few weeks after they stop drinking

There's no point at which turning your brain off will work

Scientists identify brain’s brake that shuts off chronic pain

Brain scans of 9/11 responders may have found a trait associated with resilience

Intestinal infections cause antigen-specific CD4+ T cells to migrate from the gut and establish long-lived memory in the brain and meninges, a mechanism the authors link to anxiety and depression in inflammatory bowel disease

Simple brain stimulating activities such as puzzles, learning new skills and social interaction were linked to improved cognition in a study on 11,563 adults aged 60–85 with cognitive impairment, and after 12 months, 28% participants no longer had cognitive impairment

New research shows that irritability is strongly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, chronic pain and difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments among military veterans with chronic mild traumatic brain injury…

Regular coffee beats decaf in protecting the brain from chronic stress, mouse study finds

Scientists implanted lab-grown human brain tissue into mice and found the neurons survived, integrated with the animals' brain circuits, and responded to sensory signals, providing a new model for studying human neurological disorders.

Every Breath You Take Has a Unique Impact on the Brain. The brain does not simply respond to breathing as a steady rhythm

Clankers Made Me Build a Second Brain

A small study has found the shape and structure of several regions in the brain's outer layer, measured before treatment, are linked to how much a patient's depression and anxiety symptoms improve after taking an antidepressant.

How tiny balls of human brain tissue are revealing the causes of childhood epilepsy — and possible treatments

Scientists Say a Key Trigger for Alzheimer's Damage Isn't Even in the Brain

A large study says a higher amount of midlife visceral fat is strongly linked to increased brain inflammation and early biological signs of Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years before memory symptoms appear.

Can Red-Light Therapy Treat Brain Injuries?

Human brain is two separate organs, research finds

Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain

Acoustic enhancement of slow wave sleep improves memory retention by coordinating brain oscillatory rhythms and autonomic activity

Deep learning system fuses MRI and SPECT brain scans, hits 99% accuracy classifying tumors using a Vision Transformer

Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough

Why slow breathing calms us down: A new study maps the specific brain circuit that translates nasal airflow into anti-anxiety signals. (PNAS)

The Brain’s Immune Cells Keep Pain, Insomnia, and Depression Feeding Each Other: Chronic pain, broken sleep, and depression share one biological circuit, so each can start and sustain the others.

Playing mario 64 using a fly's brain

Gut bacteria linked to key brain chemicals in first-of-its-kind human study

Workplace stress may impair erectile function in young men by affecting stress management pathways in the brain and reducing testosterone levels

Brain waves reveal how alcohol cues hijack decision-making in addiction

Pregnant mice crave food much as pregnant women report. Researchers traced it to serotonin brain cells that fire less during pregnancy.

The race to engineer new knobs for the human brain

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