A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...
The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that of an adult may allow them ...
Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called synapses, according to a study led by Stanford Medicine researchers. The ...
Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things happen.
The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres—what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa ...
Exploring the relationship between cancer cells and nerve cells, which can signal tumors to grow, could unearth ways to slow disease.
New research in amateur football and soccer players has identified some potential early warning signs of C.T.E.
Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which ...
In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...
That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is ...
Painless brain imaging can map elevated pulsation of microvessels, which is potentially connected to memory loss and ...
A new study in mice demonstrates how a high-fat diet may quickly impact the brain, hindering memory formation processes.