Our unusually large brains are one of the defining features of our species. But there is no evidence that evolution strongly favoured big brains in the past 2 million years of human evolution, ...

Some brains appear to fight back against Alzheimer's by helping immature brain cells survive damage instead of succumbing to it. Understanding this natural resilience could point researchers toward ...

Healthy brains may be built through a process of controlled damage and rapid repair. The most dangerous type of DNA damage is a regular feature of healthy early brain development, experiments in mice ...

We are born with the essential architecture of our brain raring to go. Over the previous nine months – give or take – some 100 billion neurons have sprung from a single 3 millimetre “neural tube” in ...

Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. An assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, she was part of a team studying 13 teens and ...

Some of the changes that occur when spring arrives are plain to see, as trees and flowers bloom, but some of the changes are harder to detect. Spring is good for your brain, according to Benjamin Katz ...

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CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Regional Medical Center will host its Spring Into Brain Health symposium on May 9, offering community members an opportunity to learn practical ways to reduce stroke risk and ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting ...

Spring has arrived here in North America, and with it comes the perfect opportunity to reset, recharge, and get ready for the heavy speaking seasons ahead. Whether you've been hibernating a little too ...

The days are longer and warmer and that means being more active outside. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and doctors want you to prevent a lifelong injury to the head. They can range from mild ...

If you are dreading the task of spring cleaning, it might help to know the annual tradition can actually be good for your brain. It's a great way to look at cleaning, and knowing the science behind ...