Researchers discover the Achilles’ heel of an aggressive brain cancer
Glioblastoma is the most prevalent and also the most lethal type of brain tumour in adults, with no curative treatment …
Scientists locate brain area where value decisions are made
Neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego have pinpointed the brain area responsible for value decisions that are made …
Alcohol-induced brain damage continues after alcohol is stopped
Although the harmful effects of alcohol on the brain are widely known, the structural changes observed are very heterogeneous. In …
Key brain region for navigating familiar places identified
UCL scientists have discovered the key brain region for navigating well-known places, helping explain why brain damage seen in early …
Clustering helps unlock secrets of the human brain
Environmental science and neuroscience may seem poles apart as research endeavors, but both are underpinned by the need to analyze …
Mother with terminal cancer is writing her son birthday cards
Mother, 22, who was found to have terminal brain cancer after waking up with paralysis is writing her two-year-old son …
Understanding how people respond to symptoms of a brain tumor
A recent study from King’s College London and Cambridge University highlighted that people may experience multiple subtle changes before being …
New evidence for a human magnetic sense that lets your brain detect the Earth’s magnetic field
Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees, turtles …
Measuring differences in brain chemicals in people with mild memory problems
Using strong and targeted but noninvasive magnets at specific sites in the brains of people with and without mild learning …
Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining
Meningitis, a group of serious diseases which infect the brain’s lining, leaves its mark and can affect the body’s ability …
The sweet spot: Scientists discover taste center of human brain
Researchers long ago mapped sight, hearing and other human sensory systems in the brain. But for taste, which could be …
How does the brain change over the course of Alzheimer’s?
What changes in the brain are caused by Alzheimer’s disease? How do these changes differ from those observed in the …
Mother-of-two with a ‘spaghetti brain’ has undergone six operations
Mother-of-two with a ‘spaghetti brain’ has undergone six operations to tackle her abnormal tangle of blood vessels Emmaline Chalk collapsed while …
Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain
Academic learning is about gaining new knowledge and skill, but only recently has it been possible to see new knowledge …
Why the brain can be blamed for children unknowingly being left to die in a hot car
More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year on record. Many of the …
New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brain
Like a well-guarded fortress, the human brain attacks intruders on sight. Foreign objects, including neural probes used to study and …
5 key facts about language and the brain
We are all born within a language, so to speak, and that typically becomes our mother tongue. Along the way, …
Brain research: the mystery of the intelligence was revealed
For the intelligence of the responsible genes have been identified “Nothing in the world is distributed so just like the …