An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers ...

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research.

In a study published in Nature, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan found that glioblastoma tumor cells rewire how they use sugar. When they altered diet in mouse models, it slowed ...

So again, it’s still too early to say for sure that treating a sleep disorder reduces your risk of dementia because of ...

High blood sugar impacts brain health in both the short and long term. Learn why healthy blood sugar is key to healthy brain function and what symptoms to watch for.

The vagus nerve functions as a communication channel that links the brain to the gut system. The brain receives chemical ...

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“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

In the first study, a research team from the University of Toronto and the Chinese Academy of Sciences used MRIs to scan the brains of 50 older adults and 24 younger adults. Half the older adults had ...

New UCLA review links social hardship to rising obesity rates in the U.S. Stress, discrimination, and limited access to ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers ...