With thousands still living with the mind-numbing effects of long Covid, brain fog is something that we’ve heard more and […]
Research on wandering thoughts may offer clues about mental health
Where does your mind wander when you have idle time? A University of Arizona-led study published in Scientific Reports may […]
History of traumatic brain injury linked to higher rates of prescription opioid use and misuse
Adults with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), even years previously, are at increased risk of use and misuse […]
Gut bacteria influence brain development
Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Medical […]
How rape affects memory, and why police need to know about that brain science
Annie Walker woke up one morning in 2019 with little recollection of the night before. She had bruises on her […]
Brain tissue inflammation is key to Alzheimers disease progression
Neuroinflammation is the key driver of the spread of pathologically misfolded proteins in the brain and causes cognitive impairment in […]
Researchers identify brain circuitry that motivates mating in mice
A structure located at the base of the brain, the hypothalamus, orchestrates motivational states including hunger, thirst, and the motivation […]
Brain wiring linked to age, sex and cognition
The degree to which the brain’s wiring aligns with its patterns of activity can vary with sex and age, and […]
Young, healthy adult infected by COVID-19 suffers CNS lymphocytic vasculitis
Although COVID-19 is primarily treated as a respiratory disease, patients often experience neurological problems, such as headaches, anxiety, depression and […]
Scientists unveil brain wiring diagram with 200,000 cells and a half-billion connections
Neuroscientists and computer scientists from Princeton University, the Allen Institute and Baylor College of Medicine have just released a collection […]