Dementia affects nearly a million people in the UK, but spotting it early can help slow down the onset of symptoms as one ...

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.

After years of controversy, stem cells are on the cusp of cures for ... engineered to quell the electrical misfires in his brain that cause epileptic attacks. Since the procedure, carried out ...

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 ...

Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have discovered that not all cell types in the brain age in the same way. They found that some ...

Intelligence stems from brain-wide connections, not specific regions, according to JMU researchers. Their findings challenge established theories, highlighting the brain’s complexity. A new study ...

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, ...

The printer itself used stem cells instead of ink, and the team then used a concoction of chemicals to spur those cells to transform into brain cells. The resulting cells could communicate and ...

Neuroscientists have identified the physical locations where memories are stored in the brain. But would that enable us to retrieve memories from someone who has died? When you purchase through ...