Longitudinal study finds that many different serious infections, including flu, herpes and respiratory tract infections, are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased risk of dementia years later

A new law in California protects consumers’ "brain data". Some think it doesn’t go far enough.

Brain endurance training improves older adults' cognitive, physical performance

Your brain changes based on what you did two weeks ago

Research is the first to demonstrate how the heart and brain communicate with each other through the immune system after a major cardiovascular event, emphasizing the importance of increased sleep after a heart attack

CRISPR gene editing helps brain stem cells regain youth in mice

In one of the largest-ever studies on DNA and brain volume, researchers identified 254 genetic variants that shape key structures in the "deep brain," like those controlling memory, motor skills…

Brain’s waste-clearance pathways revealed for the first time

Dance training superior to physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity (2018)

Man Declared Brain Dead Wakes Up as Organs About to Be Removed

Left-handed musicians appear to develop unique brain pathways for language processing

High-resolution postmortem human brain MRI at 7 tesla

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

What Excessive Screen Time Does to the Adult Brain

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped

Certain brain cells, called "concept cells," in the hippocampus track pronouns to link them with the right person in a sentence

We Just Got More Evidence That Long Covid Is a Brain Injury

Researchers identified two neuron types that trigger REM sleep, forming circuits that connect to brain regions controlling cerebral cortex activation, rapid eye movement, and muscle tone loss

Contrary to the prevailing scientific wisdom, the fear of heights, the fear of spiders, and the fear of “social threats” activate different areas of the brain, researchers find.

Researchers have found that when the body makes more cholesterol, it can be harmful to brain cells in people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

Scientists engineer Toxoplasma parasites to carry therapeutic genes across blood-brain barrier

Human brain changes after first psilocybin use

Scientists Identify Brain Signal Disruptions Behind Voices in Schizophrenia

Can Brown Noise Turn Off Your Brain?

Exposure to most common US pesticides, neonicotinoids, may affect developing brains similarly to nicotine, including shrinking brain tissue, neuron loss, ADHD, slower auditory reflexes, reduced motor skills, behavioral problems and delayed sexual maturation in males…

Frequent internet users outperform in memory tasks, hinting at a 'use it or lose it' effect that keeps the brain sharp for recalling daily events

New intranasal RNA therapy shows promise in boosting memory and reducing anxiety, by decreasing the activity of a specific serotonin receptor in the brain, leading to significant improvements in memory and reductions in anxiety-like behaviors in rodent models.

Brain rejuvenation breakthrough: Limiting glucose could spark new neuron growth

Study: LGBTQ+ people may be more likely to have negative brain health outcomes, including a higher risk of dementia and late-life depression, than people who are cisgender and straight

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