A research team has demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended the decades-old dogma of how connections ...

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“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

A man who fought for a brain tumour diagnosis for more than a decade has spoken of his heartbreak after his beloved pet dog died from the same condition. Adrian Haynes, who is from Blackpool but ...

The research isn't enough to prove cause and effect when it comes to sleep and brain function, and it's worth noting that the cognitive differences between the groups weren't huge – but taken with ...

Laboratory of Food & Health, Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), ...

restoring memory and brain function in mice. They did this by turning stem cells — which can become any cell in the body — into brain immune cells called microglia. The edited cells were ...