Exposure to Agent Orange damages brain tissue in a way similar to Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with numerous health ...
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Are stressed brain cells the cause of neurodegenerative diseases?
Illustration of a brain cell in a person with Alzheimer's disease, showing the accumulation and clumping of tau proteins (blue ...
Researchers identify brain center playing key role in learned response to direct and indirect threats
Schematic of the mouse prefrontal cortex showing neuronal projections to the midbrain (purple) and amygdala (green), pathways involved in threat ...
Newly Discovered Brain Cells Play a Key Role in Right and Left Turns
Restoration of contraversive turning gaits in mice with acute unilateral striatal dopamine depletion. Credit: Natural neuroscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01569-8 Have ...
3D brain mapping opens a window into the aging brain
Illustration of the triple correlation network model. Credit: Scientists progress (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi0616 By mapping brain activity in three dimensions, ...
Google’s Gemini AI app will come to phones, making it easier for people to connect to a digital brain
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind during a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, ...
Brain connectivity patterns differ between premature and full-term babies
Credit: CC0 Public domain A new scanning study from King's College London of 390 babies has shown distinct trends between ...
the entire brain is impacted according to a study
Previous studies have often looked at whether children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have differences in specific areas of ...
Scientists find that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases is also linked to childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma cells preserved in 3D culture (tumor spheroids) or in 2D culture in the researchers' laboratory. Credit: Amanda Faria Assoni ...
Stress influences the brain and psyche via the immune system
Credit: CC0 Public domain Chronic stress has considerable consequences on our body. For example, many stress-related psychiatric illnesses, such as ...
