We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything ...

The hormonal upheaval in the run-up to menopause can cause cognitive difficulties. But researchers are also finding that this can be a critical window for protecting long-term brain health ...

Aging brains may struggle to clear out waste, contributing to memory loss and diseases like Alzheimer’s. But researchers have ...

Neurons are cells found in your brain and central nervous system that tell your body how to behave. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Interestingly, your gut contains ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An Australia-first study has found fat-loving “forever chemicals” in the human brain, raising questions about how they got there ...

But it might also put us at risk for uniquely human brain disorders. The study appears in Nature. The research focused on parts of chromosomes known as human accelerated regions (HARs), which have ...

making it unfeasible to measure DNA methylation and other aspects of brain aging directly from living human brain cells. Previous research by Irimia and colleagues highlighted the potential of MRI ...

One out of every five people with epilepsy - a total of 30,000 in the UK - has uncontrolled seizures caused by brain abnormalities too subtle for the human eye to see on scans. Child epilepsy ...

Two motorways were shut on Saturday evening for several hours after human remains were found on the carriageway. Several drivers called police from 6.40pm to report "something in the road ...

These results underscore the urgent need to understand exposure routes, uptake, clearance pathways, and the potential health consequences of MNPs, particularly in the brain. To investigate the buildup ...

It occurs at an earlier age, typically around age 40. Kuru. This disease is seen in New Guinea. It's caused by eating human brain tissue contaminated with infectious prions. Because of increased ...