They hope these same drugs can restore waste disposal in the brains of older humans and help protect against brain diseases.

DAYTON — A man was attacked and knocked unconscious while he was waiting to pick up his wife from work. Now, he’s still in ...

The olfactory nerves run from the inside of the nose, through the skull, and then directly into part of the brain called the ...

The meninges, three tissue layers beneath the skull, protect the brain and spinal cord from injury, poisons, and infection. This brain boundary has a diversified population of immune cells.

"Brain fog" is an informal term used to describe a range of symptoms caused by a mild loss of cognition (including the ability to think, perceive, learn, or remember). People with brain fog describe ...

"The helmet protects his head if he falls over because currently there's only skin over his brain... that helmet is effectively acting as his skull at the moment, it's a pseudo-skull," Tina said.

The MIND diet combines the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet to create a dietary pattern that focuses specifically on brain health. “MIND” stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for ...

The average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic, a new study suggests. The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 and 2024, with the highest ...

These findings have led to the concept of the prospective brain; an idea that a crucial function of the brain is to use stored information to imagine, simulate and predict possible future events.

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