With wireless device, patients can detect motion, distinguish light and dark. Of the nearly 39…
Browsing: Brain
The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, responsible for thought, emotion, memory, movement, and perception. Composed of billions of neurons and glial cells, it processes vast amounts of sensory information and coordinates every function of the body—from heartbeat regulation to complex reasoning and creativity. Neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science explore how the brain’s structures—such as the cortex, cerebellum, and limbic system—interact to generate consciousness and behavior. Ongoing research into brain plasticity, neural networks, and disorders like Alzheimer’s, depression, and epilepsy continues to deepen our understanding of this remarkable organ that defines human experience and intelligence.
Rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep is a fascinating period when most of our dreams…
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice. By exploiting a feature of…
The intensity of brain activity during the day, notwithstanding how long we’ve been awake, appears…
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a system that measures a patient’s pain level…
Much research has pointed to how an unhealthy diet correlates to obesity, but has not…
How relapse happens: Opiates reduce the brain’s ability to form, maintain synapses. Preclinical research was…
Differences in how individual rats respond to ‘reward cues’, which have been linked to compulsive…
Researchers have found that focusing powerful non-invasive magnet stimulation on a specific brain area can…
And UK failing to recommend or monitor dietary levels of choline, warns nutritionist. The momentum…
Nine-month-old brains-in-a-dish and the brains of premature newborn babies generate similar electrical patterns, as captured…
New technique could help doctors determine whether patients are at risk from elevated pressure. Traumatic…
Researchers in Umeå, Sweden, have presented a model that explains why memory deteriorates as the…
Though the brain is a very slow machine, its capabilities exceed typical state-of-the-art, ultrafast artificial…
New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young…
According to estimates by the Robert Koch Institute, up to two thousand hearing-impaired children are…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reveal how and…
Scientists have long sought to unravel the molecular mysteries that make the human brain special:…