You might be familiar with a sensation called "brain zaps," or sensory disturbances that feel like electric shocks inside the brain. This symptom can occur after you skip or stop antidepressants ...

Results Over 5 years, patients with disability progression showed significantly increased loss of whole brain (−3.8% vs −2.0%, p<0.001), cortical (−3.4% vs −1.8%, p=0.009) and putamen volume changes ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

During memory suppression, the well-rested participants showed more activation in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex-;a brain region that controls thoughts, actions, and emotions-;compared ...

The Pennsylvania parents of a 21-year-old blind and deaf man with cerebral palsy who died in September after being starved for months have been charged in connection to his death, authorities ...

The cells in the area are also connected with metabolism, suggesting a connection between diet and brain health. Scientists at the Allen Institute have identified specific cell types in the brain ...

While established theories of intelligence often focus on specific areas of the brain – such as the prefrontal cortex – the results of the study suggest that connections between additional brain ...

A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of nerve pathways in the brain. Maturity, judgment, ...

Substance initiation was associated with a variety of brain-wide (global) as well as more regional structural differences primarily involving the cortex, some of which were substance-specific.

Multiple primate species, including humans, share a common brain-wave pattern in the cerebral cortex, the outer surface of the brain. This universal pattern is marked by high-frequency brain waves ...