Fetuses more exposed to certain air pollutants show changes in the size of specific brain structures, particularly during the ...

But science now tells a much bigger story and has helped us to understand that creatine plays a critical role not only in powering muscle, but also in fueling the brain. In this post, we’re ...

Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking problems. That’s according to a new study in which researchers defined heavy drinking ...

Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday ...

The term was first seen in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau's book "Walden." Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is defined as "the supposed ...

Researchers mapped all 139,255 neurons in the brain of an adult fruit fly, which are linked by more than 50 million synapses. Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and just after one person's pregnancy. When you purchase through links on our ...

We report on 7 years of independent at-home use of an implanted brain–computer interface for communication by a person with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the inception of which ...

Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera receives funding from the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, Vancouver Foundation, and Michael Smith Health Research Foundation Cole J. Kennedy receives ...

Scientists harnessed a new method to precisely measure the amount of information the brain can store, and it could help advance our understanding of learning. When you purchase through links on ...