As brain tumors grow, they must do one of two things: push against the brain or use finger-like extensions to invade and ...

Traumatic brain injuries have long affected military service members, with the Department of Defense reporting nearly 516,000 ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

It starts with a hit. Maybe a tackle in a high school football game. Maybe a blast wave during military service. The damage ...

A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced ...

A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese researchers has developed a cocktail hydrogel that can promote the regeneration of the neurovascular unit and repair damaged brain tissue, providing an important ...

Brain injuries and head injuries are major public health concerns worldwide. In the US alone, 223,000 hospitalizations and 69,000 deaths were attributed to TBI in 2021 according to the CDC.

The difference between the brain's predicted age and actual chronological age, called a brain age gap, may influence the relationship between cognitive impairment risk factors, like high blood ...

With the exception of genetic types, CJD can only be definitively diagnosed by tissue examination, usually brain biopsy or at autopsy.

Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood, Darby Saxbe, a psychology professor ...