Post-traumatic stress disorder is often described as a brain stuck in survival mode, with threat circuits firing long after the danger has passed. Now researchers are zeroing in on a specific neural ...

Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Scientists have discovered a brain “pain switch” that prioritises survival needs ...

Over 97% of people objectively lose productivity when switching context, even when subjectively believing they are handling it well.

Glioblastoma is the diagnosis that neuro-oncologists dread and patients fear, a fast-growing brain cancer that resists surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy and almost always returns. For decades, the ...

Specific immune cells in the brain may play a crucial role in preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study – a discovery that could lead to new therapies that try to coax ...

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Leuven, Belgium, 23 July 2025 – Researchers have identified a key neural switch that controls whether animals instinctively flee from a threat or freeze in place. By comparing two closely related deer ...

For decades, scientists have looked at various mechanisms responsible for the decline of our mental faculties as we age. A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ...