The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Your brain is your most valuable asset. As we established last week, investing in your brain health is one of the greatest health investments you can make and benefits every area of your life. Last ...

I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is difficult for me to judge if a particular brain, ...

Brain aging may be compared with a complex machinery in which some often used parts are well oiled, while others less frequently used get roasted. From that perspective, brain aging is individual, ...

Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well-documented, from the fact that a single ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL. The new ...

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A recent study suggests that after a stroke, the brain may attempt to heal itself in an unexpected way. While the damaged ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

We’re a long way from reviving a frozen human, but new research yields insight.