So how much of your brain do you really need to survive? Neuroscientists are still investigating this question, and there ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Not getting enough of deeper stages of sleep raises the risk of brain deterioration associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

Several groundbreaking studies have examined the connection between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s risk: A Johns Hopkins ...

Columbia scientists mapped brain mitochondria for the first time, revealing how energy shapes memory, mood, and mental health ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...

A research team says high blood sugar levels appear to weaken function in key part of brain, mimicking Alzheimer's. Type 2 diabetes may rewire the brain in ways that mimic early Alzheimer's ...

Neurotransmitters are produced in the brain and the gut to control functions of both the nervous system and gastrointestinal system. The enterochromaffin cells of the small intenstine (part of ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

The parts of the brain needed to remember words have been identified. Those areas are affected by a common form of epilepsy, say scientists. A team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at University ...