Is napping good for your brain or just a lazy habit? Science reveals the surprising benefits—and potential risks—of daytime ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have studied the impact of two brain areas on the nature of memory content. The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the ...

Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

Brain organoids, three-dimensional models of the brain, are a boon to neuroscience, making it possible to study the ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost ...

Roots have always been of importance as a significant contributing factor to plant's productivity. Root apex is supposed to be the brain of a plant, ...

Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and Ko Hyoung-Gon, ...

A disturbing new finding shows microplastics have infiltrated human brain tissue, raising serious questions about our health.

The Brain Tour, inside dementia is an app designed for iOS and Android phones, that uses augmented reality to transport users inside the brain. Whether you're curious to explore a healthy brain or ...

Researchers have created a four-dimensional brain map that reveals how MS-like lesions form, providing new insights into the earliest stages of the disease.

The blood–brain barrier acts as a strict control point for what can enter the brain, and is created by tight junctions between endothelial cells lining blood vessels, astroyctic endfeet and a ...

Both drugs clear the brain of a substance called beta-amyloid, which forms the sticky plaques associated with Alzheimer's. Studies show they can slow down the underlying disease process that ...