The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it ...

Opioid overdose's respiratory depression can damage oxygen-sensitive brain cells, produce lasting cognitive and emotional ...

More than half of those who are homeless have suffered a brain injury at some point in their lives, whether it be a traumatic ...

I f you’re reading this, there’s a chance that you have survived, witnessed, or somehow experienced a school shooting, which ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

One 2022 study from New Zealand researchers found evidence that “repeated head injury with concussion, playing sports in general, and playing football (soccer) in particular, are associated with an ...

What trauma does to the brain is the subject of new neuroscience research To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app.

A new study on the brain and trauma comes with a catchy title, one based on a bestseller about the same topic. What just happened in California? Watch what happens when a 5,000kg orca hits a boat – it ...

Summary: A new study demonstrates that the developmental stage at which trauma occurs is more critical than the type of trauma itself in determining adult behavioral outcomes. By studying mouse models ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness in ways that can last for years. Pregnancy reshapes more than the body.

A psychedelic trip—on “magic mushrooms,” to be precise—may cause physical changes to the brain, a new imaging study finds. The results could one day help explain why people who take psilocybin—a ...