Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called ...

Modern imaging is contributing significantly to giving us a better understanding of how our brains work. In the long term, this will also help us to treat learning disorders in a more targeted way and ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that’s thought to be more active when we sleep.

Microplastics have been found in our lungs, guts, and even our blood. Now, researchers say they may reduce protective enzymes ...

Alzheimer's disease, which affects more than 7million Americans, is caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins in and around ...

It was long thought that fat in the brain played no role in neurodegenerative diseases, but Purdue University researchers are ...

Our friendly – and not so friendly – gut bacteria lie at the core of healthy ageing. Research is now revealing what it takes ...

The explosion of nootropic mushroom products has led to many products on the market that potentially contain wildly differing ...

A new study in Science now promises to kick this dust up all over again: it has reported evidence of neural progenitor cells ...

The device can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery and could transform the treatment of Parkinson's ...

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford, opening ...

A machine running on household-level power but simulating billions of neurons—Darwin Monkey is China’s boldest step yet into ...