Genetic Mutations In Brain Tumors Can Now Be Detected During Surgery
Conventional genetic analysis methods for genotyping of brain tumors usually require one or two days to obtain results…
Late-onset cerebellar ataxia: a genetic avenue uncovered
This discovery shines a light on potential biological mechanisms behind some late-onset cerebellar ataxias, like CANVAS (Cerebellar Ataxia,…
Calcium Supplements Do Not Raise Dementia Risk
Summary: A long-term study of more than 1,400 older women found no evidence that calcium supplements increase dementia…
COMBINEDBrain and MUSC join forces to launch pediatric CNS biorepository
COMBINEDBrain, a leader in advancing translational neuroscience research, and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), one of…
Unraveling the brain mechanisms behind social hierarchies in mice
Social hierarchies are everywhere-think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as most popular, or large…
Study links brain waves to misremembering of negative, irrelevant information
A good night’s sleep has long been understood to help us consolidate new memories, but we don’t understand…
Autism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Conclude
New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autism should not be understood as a homogeneous condition…
Born to Connect: Newborn Brain Already Wired for Social Awareness
Summary: A new study reveals that the brain’s social perception pathway—a network that processes faces, gaze, and speech—is…
Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
The human brain is one of the most complex objects to have ever existed Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Science…
Deadly brain cancer erodes skull bone and alters immune marrow
Scientists at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown for the…
Penn Medicine study maps brain circuits impacted by psilocybin
Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin-the active compound found in…
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Scientists have identified a biological explanation for Long COVID brain fog, revealing a potential path toward diagnosis and…