Scientists have successfully recreated in a laboratory the sensory pathway responsible for transmitting pain signals to the human brain, an achievement that represents a major step forward in ...

In late March and early April 2025, a rumor circulated online that 10 "vaccinated" nurses working at the same Massachusetts hospital were diagnosed with brain tumors "simultaneously." Although ...

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Summary: Scientists have discovered a new protein pathway involved in neurodegeneration by studying “mini-brain” organoids made from patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). They found ...

It’s never too early or too late to start, but time is of the essence when it comes to building your brain’s defenses, especially since it’s generally impossible to reverse brain damage once ...

Research finds a strong link between exercise and good brain health. A regular exercise routine can cause brain benefits within 12 weeks. Some exercises are better than others. There’s been a ...

In order to find out how existing drugs could be prescribed, it was important for the researchers to first understand which factors play a role in the development of lesions at different locations in ...

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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 ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date WASHINGTON -- Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...