Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A previous report in this journal described seven cases of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) clinically resembling Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).1 Brain biopsies in such cases are rare and have ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Pallidum and Putamen: These regions help control movement and decision-making. Both showed signs of altered tissue structure with higher ultra-processed food intake. The brain areas affected are ...