brain

For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain. This atlas serves as a map for the mouse brain, describing the type, location, and molecular information of more…

A University of Iowa-led team of international neuroscientists have obtained the first direct recordings of the human brain in the minutes before and after a brain hub crucial for language meaning was surgically disconnected. The results…

A picture of soda drinks. — X/@bseDrinking a lot of sugar-free beverages raises your risk of dementia, as per German researchers because they discovered that this includes fruit drinks, milk drinks with flavours, and full-fat fizzy…

The prefrontal cortex, often referred to as the…

A dying man has been given less than two years to live after medics failed to spot his incurable brain cancer. Matthew Collins, from South Wales, began suffering from thunderclap headaches in summer 2023 and was prescribed painkillers by…

Nearly 40 percent of people experience syncope, or fainting spells, at least once in their lives. These brief losses of consciousness, whether brought by pain, fear, heat, hyperventilation or other causes, account for a significant portion…

Novel brain biometrics could help inform whether an athlete is ready to return to play following a concussion, according to new research from the University of South Australia. Conducted in partnership with the University of California San…

A young father-of-one died from a brain tumour that doctors incorrectly diagnosed as an appendicitis, his family have claimed.Joshua Warner, from Crayford in south east London, went to hospital in June after two weeks of suffering from…

Researchers who previously developed the first 3D human cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that displays two major hallmarks of the condition -- the generation of amyloid beta deposits followed by tau tangles -- have now used…

An English woman living in Australia has the dubious honour of being a world-first after medics pulled a live and wriggling 8cm parasitic worm, usually found in snakes, out of her brain.The 64-year-old woman, who hasn't been named, was…