Study Helps Solve Mystery Between Repeated Head Impacts in Sports and Location of Brain Degeneration in CTE Dec. 9, 2024 — A new study is helping solve the mystery as to why the brain shrinks in ...

Brain exercises may help boost and maintain brain function. Memory games, learning new skills, crosswords, and even video games may help. Certain activities may help boost brain function and ...

The organoid's response to ... Nov. 12, 2024 — Glioblastoma is the most common kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. So far, no treatment has been able to make this aggressive tumor ...

Alzheimer’s disease may cause degeneration of neurons in the brain through amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, inflammation, and brain atrophy. The condition may affect different parts of ...

A foam made of cellulose and chitin can remove up to 99.9% of microplastics from water and maintains efficiency after multiple cycles of use. Microplastic pollution in terrestrial and aquatic ...

A sponge made from a fusion of cotton fibre and squid bone could help to clear some of the world's microplastic pollution ...

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us ...

Bleeding in the brain, also called a brain hemorrhage, is a medical emergency caused by the rupture of an artery or vein due to abnormal pressure, trauma, and defect in the blood vessel. A brain bleed ...

Brain atrophy refers to a loss of brain cells, or a loss in the number of connections between brain cells. It can occur as a result of the natural aging process, injury, infection, or certain ...

Addiction corrupts the ability to make choices.Addiction brings about changes in the brain, but those changes do not reflect a pathological process. The pathways to addiction can be difficult to ...