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Is the future of mental health treatment ultrasound waves?
Neanderthal skull (foreground) contrasted with that of a modern human from the Palaeolithic.
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The two human species had many similarities but their communication would have been different.
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How exactly do anaesthetic drugs shut down the brain? We still don’t have a complete picture, but a new study just got us a step closer.
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The brain was once thought to be sterile, thanks to the blood-brain barrier. But scientists are beginning to question this.
People with ALS gradually lose the ability to perform voluntary movements due to a loss of communication between the nervous system and the muscles.
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A new study shows that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by reducing the inflammation caused by immune cells in the brain.
It’s still in there!
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RFK Jr. has a dead tapeworm in his brain.
Dads have stepped up to do more hands-on parenting over the past few decades.
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One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad affects the brain – without the direct experience of pregnancy.
Thinking builds neural networks, which is why practice improves performance.
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Eating right, exercising, playing sports, reading and journaling are just a few of the ways you can keep your brain in top shape.
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Sugar is an important substance for our body and brain to make energy. Here’s what happens when we eat a lot of it.
By 2023, one in nine children had tried vaping.
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Vaping is more common than cigarette smoking among young people but there are a variety of risks to users.
Stepping through the brain reveals essential information about its structure and function.
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Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.
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A loss of visual sensitivity could be an early predictor of dementia.
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Vegetarian and low-carb diets aren’t ideal for our brains.
Bella Baxter’s brain transplant in Poor Things.
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Is brain transplant surgery the stuff of dark Hollywood fairytales or a feasible possibility?
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Around 4% of the population are unable to see things in their mind’s eye. Except when they are dreaming.
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Middle age could be a period when we can detect early risk factors of future cognitive decline.
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A man from Florida was found to have tapeworm cysts in his brain.
Lack of sleep, or poor quality sleep, is one of the risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Fortunately, there are ways to improve sleep.
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Sleep appears to play an essential role in a number of brain functions, such as memory. So good quality sleep could play a vital role in preventing dementia.
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.
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Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.
Low-level blasts can cause physical changes in the brain.
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The people manning the guns are also at risk of injury from the force of the weapon.