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

A new study reveals that radiation exposure can trigger brain inflammation via the eCIRP protein, which subsequently drives the accumulation of tau proteins that form the signature tangles of Alzheimer's disease.

A 13-Year-Old Has Been Cured of DIPG, the Deadliest Childhood Brain Cancer

The diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide was found to calm brain inflammation and accelerate cellular recovery in mice, suggesting it could potentially protect against cognitive decline and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease

Muscles talk to the brain to fight depression

A new study shows that people who are deaf from an early age experience a rewiring of their brain's visual pathways, dedicating more resources to peripheral vision to help detect hazards, though this slightly reduces their focus in central vision.

Prenatal cannabis exposure was associated with alterations in large-scale functional brain network connectivity in late childhood, higher levels of psychopathology and significant differences across multiple cognitive domains, according to a study on 10,838 children (9-10 years)

A new study indicates that while puberty and pregnancy lead to similar structural remodeling in the female brain through reductions in gray matter, the menopausal transition presents a unique pattern where typical age-related gray matter loss temporarily pauses.

Autistic adults showed elevated dopamine receptors and altered brain connectivity compared to their peers - autistic individuals exhibit higher dopamine D2 receptor levels and elevated glucose energy consumption in deep brain regions

Is AI ruining my brain?

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