Brain

Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after cardiac arrest may protect brain function

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or…

1 week ago

An extra year of education does not protect against brain aging, study finds

Thanks to a 'natural experiment' involving 30,000 people, researchers at Radboud university medical center were able to determine very precisely…

2 weeks ago

Brain Injuries May Raise the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, Say Researchers

Scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have gotten the evidence that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) could heighten…

4 weeks ago

Fearful memories of others seen in mouse brain

How do we distinguish threat from safety? It's a question important not just in our daily lives, but for human…

1 month ago

Bionic Limbs Controlled by Brain Signals: A Leap Forward for Amputees

Recent advances in bionic limb technology have brought us closer to a reality once imagined in science fiction. A recent clinical…

2 months ago

Drug improves effectiveness of radiation for lung cancer that has spread to the brain

In new research, a team led by University of Cincinnati researchers has identified a potential new way to make radiation…

2 months ago

Turning brain cells on using the power of light

University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons…

2 months ago

How are pronouns processed in the memory-region of our brain?

Read the following sentence: "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris walked into the bar, she sat down at a table." We…

2 months ago

Higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia

New research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body…

2 months ago

Antibody-drug conjugate found effective against brain metastases in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those…

2 months ago