Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

Around 10 million new cases of dementia are diagnosed globally every year, with Alzheimer’s disease accounting for 60-70% of ...

The Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) in the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Korea, is developing new neuroimaging approaches to explore biophysics, physiology, and biology, and ...

Last week we explored how modern life quietly wears down the brain’s executive function — the system responsible for focus, ...

The areas most affected by atrophy are the hippocampus, where the cells start declining and shrink (plays role in memory); the front lobe (judgement and everyday decision making); and temporal lobe ...

After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off ...

In this experiment, ultrasound protocols comprising two distinct stimulation patterns by combining Low-Intensity Low-Frequency (LILF) 30Hz and 5Hz ultrasound were used. The first pattern, known as ...

Are you a prospective BrainHQ member? Here’s what current brain-training members are saying about the online program.

The brain is the most complicated three-pound piece of hardware known to man so that to convey its abilities and functions on paper with a few words is, frankly, hardly even possible. What follows ...

Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. But the transition affects far more than reproductive health: it also reshapes the brain. As estrogen and progesterone decline, cognitive ...

As the biological seat of mental life, the brain is center stage in the investigation of what causes and characterizes mental disorders. The roots of the various conditions defined by the medical ...