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“We can’t draw a line between the pathology in someone’s brain and any specific actions someone takes,” Daneshvar says. Adds McKee: “It’s impossible to know precisely how the CTE ...

In late January, Scott Vampola, a teacher at Lincoln Southwest, woke up in a bed at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital from a week-long coma after experiencing multiple seizures that led to an anoxic ...

When you stare into your dog's adorable puppy eyes, it's doing a lot more than just tugging at your heartstrings, it's ...

Highly religious women — especially those who practice their faith at home — are more likely to find meaning, happiness and ...

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How the Brain Integrates Pain Prediction and Stimuli Sep. 23, 2024 — A study has uncovered new insights into how the brain processes and integrates pain information. The research goes beyond ...

Major tracts of white matter - which provide connections between different parts of the brain - show evidence of increasing during pregnancy Pregnancy brain really does exist, according to one of ...

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A blood test has been shown to accurately identify patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at early stages, which could ...

The diagnostic test requires only a simple blood draw and is based on small sequences of nucleic acids, known as microRNA, extracted from tiny vesicles released by the brain and nervous system.