Scalpel-free brain surgery gives patients with tremor disorder steady hands Essential tremor is not the same as Parkinson’s disease, although both are marked by uncontrolled […]
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Stanford researchers use brain scans, algorithms to ID chronic pain patients. A picture – and an algorithm – may be worth a thousand words describing […]
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Illuminating brain tumors with scorpion toxins could save lives Up until now, removing brain tumors has been a fairly imprecise – and thus highly dangerous […]
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Naughty or nice? Brain chemical may tell. Chemicals in your body can influence how generous or selfish you are. In recent years, experiments have explored […]
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Preparing the brain for a stroke before it occurs. Priming the brain to sprout new blood vessels before a stroke occurs could reduce the severity […]
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High-fat food linked with brain chemical changes, withdrawal symptoms. Eating junk food can actually change the brain, spurring symptoms of anxiety and depression if you […]
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Stress resilience, susceptibility traced to neurons in reward circuit. A specific pattern of neuronal firing in a brain reward circuit instantly rendered mice vulnerable to […]
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Newly identified compound can thwart protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, has an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease because […]
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Concussion effects on child’s brain may last months after injury. The effects of a concussion on a child’s brain can last months after the initial […]
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Does the brain become unglued in autism? A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that autism is associated with reductions in the level of […]
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Babies spot faces with adult-like brain power. Researchers say there’s a reason babies fixate on faces. Even before they’re good at distinguishing between basic shapes, […]
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Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection. White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, […]
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Marijuana can have wide-ranging effects, such as short-term memory loss and increased heart rate. THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, “hijacks and corrupts” the natural […]
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‘Second screening’ may lead to depression. Do you surf on your tablet or text on your phone while watching TV? If so, how’s your mood? […]
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Vitamin D and calcium supplements taken together in low doses offered no protection against dementia in a large U.S. study of older women
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Watch this video on YouTube 97% of NFL players with a history of head trauma showed some level of brain damage, a rate that is […]
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The ‘pacemaker’ implanted in the brain to prevent Alzheimer’s patients losing their memory. A ‘pacemaker’ has been implanted in to the brain of an Alzheimer’s […]
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ApoE Is an ideal target for halting progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Despite researchers’ best efforts, no drug exists that can slow, halt or reverse the […]
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Learning to control brain activity improves visual sensitivity. Training people to control their own brain activity can enhance their visual sensitivity, according to a new […]
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Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures. Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy […]
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Women with sleep apnea have higher degree of brain damage than men. Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of […]
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Stress causes brain to shrink. A new study has found that living a stressful life may lead to shrinking in important parts of the brain. […]
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Study bolsters link between routine hits and brain disease. The growing evidence of a link between head trauma and long-term, degenerative brain injuries was amplified […]
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A single session of nerve stimulation has improved the movement of people with spinal cord injuries. Mimicking the passage of nerve signals by stimulating a […]
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