A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain ...
The psychedelic drug specialist at the University of Cambridge discusses the potential of these drugs to treat mental illness ...
A scientist who studies the microstructures of neurons, called microtubules, wants to expand research in treating dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, with short bouts of an extremely ...
Objectives To investigate the occurrence of depression and mental health disorders other than depression among Brazilian people with intellectual disabilities, analysing data from a national household ...
A new viral trend has taken social media by storm, and now it’s creeping into classrooms across Australia. It’s called the “six seven” trend. While the name suggests numbers, there’s no math involved.
The vast evolutionary history of the brain, from the very first nerve cells to the modern human cerebrum, is covered in a sweeping two-part BBC series presented by Jim Al-Khalili, a renowned science ...
A good friend of mine recently reminded me that I was once heartbroken by a certain Kamba girl. We were passing by her house, so he made a joke about it, but I didn’t laugh. I let his joke dry on the ...
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – There are five more Tuesdays until the Nov. 4 election, and some Bexar County voters are still trying to figure out where they stand on Project Marvel. Project Marvel is the ...
BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting ...
When we fall asleep, we dive into a strange universe, sometimes wonderful, sometimes frightening: that of dreams. Some seem so real that we might believe they actually happened, while others are ...
Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...
The new study found the answer to helping people get through alcohol withdrawal may lie in a region of the brain known as the cerebellum. In mice experiencing withdrawal, scientists were able to ease ...