A new study from UCLA Health has uncovered how inflammation in brain blood vessels exacerbates damage in vascular dementia ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys.

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal ...

New research has pinpointed specific brain regions that are altered in individuals with psychopathy—especially those with ...

In 1979, Hounsfield won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the development of computer-assisted ...

But after a fifth visit to the eye assessment clinic, an MRI diagnosed Hannah with central neurocytoma – a rare brain tumour which grows in the ventricles of the brain. She had 80 per cent of the ...

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

A new study reveals how the brain responds to mental exhaustion, identifying two key regions—the right insula and the ...

The human brain is remarkably dynamic, constantly adapting to new experiences and environmental changes. This plasticity underlies our capacity to learn ...