Lost Sleep May Leave Dangerous Toxins Lurking in the Brain
Scientists have discovered the brain’s own waste-clearing network, known as the glymphatic system, which seems most active while…
Study Shows Brain Signals Only Matter if They Arrive on Time
A team at the University of Bremen has uncovered how the brain’s ability to focus relies on the…
Study Shows A Fiber Supplement Can Help Strengthen Your Memory*
At mindbodygreen, we often cover the best ways to protect your brain as you age—so you can preserve your…
different people’s brains process colours in the same way
Our brains seem to respond to specific colours in a similar way. Credit: Hispanolistic/Getty Is the colour you…
New Diet Slows Growth of Deadliest Brain Tumors in Mice
Scientists have uncovered how deadly brain tumors hijack the body’s energy sources, and found that tweaking diet may…
Zebrafish study reveals how environment influences social behaviors in autism
Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan have revealed that environment influences social behaviors in autism. By…
Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid
A highly lethal type of brain tumour often steals key nutrients to aid its aggressive growth — a…
Why schizophrenia may be ‘the most devastating of mental illnesses’
For Henry Cockburn, the onset of schizophrenia felt like pure common sense.It was February 2002, and the 20-year-old…
Artificial intelligence offers individualized anticoagulation decisions for atrial fibrillation
Bottom Line: Mount Sinai researchers developed an AI model to make individualized treatment recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF)…
Things Smart People Stop Doing Once They Realize They’re Making Themselves Less Intelligent
Intelligence isn’t just what you know. It’s also what you choose to do. We pick up habits because…
Research sheds new light on depression’s biological roots
Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have identified two specific types of brain cells that are…
What makes us sleepy during the day? — Harvard Gazette
A new study sheds light on the biological underpinnings of excessive daytime sleepiness, a persistent and inappropriate urge…