Photos of Einstein’s Brain Show Unique Features
Photographs of Albert Einstein’s brain were taken shortly after his death, but were never analyzed in detail until now. The analysis has revealed several unique…
Photographs of Albert Einstein’s brain were taken shortly after his death, but were never analyzed in detail until now. The analysis has revealed several unique…
Neurotic people, such as anxious worriers, depressives, and those who have a temper, might not be very healthy, especially when compared to people who demonstrate…
Stressful experiences in the first year of life can drive hormonal changes in girls later in childhood. These chemical changes lead to abnormal brain connectivity,…
The addition of a light-sensitive protein to a small part of a rat’s brain allowed researchers to silence the neurons in the infralimbic cortex (ILC)…
After a decade of research hinting that magnesium supplements could potentially boost your memory and cognitive abilities, it’s finally being put into a small clinical…
The reason why some people tend to respond to treatments that have no active ingredients might be down to genetics. A new study indicates that…
A new study has calculated the energetic cost of growing a bigger brain. If humans had been eating a raw food diet exclusively, they would…
A team of Japanese researchers has been working on using neuroimaging techniques to decode the dreams of people while they sleep. The researchers were led…
It seems that the blood of the young can help the old. A new study shows that when the blood of young mice is injected…
Patients who experience disrupted sleep patterns could be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease since Alzheimer’s patients often complain of changes in their sleep patterns during the…
Researchers at Stanford University have been able to provide sleep-based therapies to deal with traumatic memories, which could reduce fearful responses during waking hours. The…
In a new study, MIT neuroscientists found that Broca’s area actually consists of two distinct subunits, one focuses selectively on language processing, while the other…
Most of the actions that people take for granted are the result of a set of complex decisions that the brain deals with. The decisions…
Brain connectivity can predict reading skills, thanks to brain scans and the examination of the growth of long-range connections in the brain. These allow researchers…
A 2,684-year-old human skull that included an exceptionally well-preserved human brain was discovered in a waterlogged pit in Yorkshire, UK. The brain is the oldest…
A newly published study from a team of researchers found that cortical damage altered the brain’s ability to activate muscles in groups, known as “muscle…
A newly published study examined the effect of natural and surgical deliveries on mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) in mice, finding that vaginal birth triggers…
A team of scientists analyzed and compared DNA sequences from 20 patients with hemimegalencephaly, finding that de novo somatic mutations in a trio of genes…