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A multidisciplinary team has used advanced imaging and computational modeling to analyze the "crosstalk" between neurons and their supporting glial cells in the human brain. This approach highlights ...

We’ve all experienced that sudden, sharp headache after gulping down an ice cream cone or slurping a slushy too quickly. That painful sensation, commonly known as “brain freeze” or “ice cream headache ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. UCLA researchers decried federal suspensions of medical and scientific research grants. The Trump administration ...

Neuroscientists from around the world have worked in parallel to map, for the first time, the entire brain activity of mice while they were making decisions. This achievement involved using electrodes ...

If you are looking to believe in billionaires again, and the sheer weight of their wallet has you thinking anything is possible, then you’ll be absolutely gobsmacked by how much money Jeff Bezos has ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

A new brain stimulating helmet that could improve the treatment of both depression and Parkinson's disease represents a "paradigm shift" for neuroscience, say researchers. The ultrasound device ...

Researchers are working on a pill that could allow patients’ brains to recover from a traumatic injury or stroke, defying conventional thinking that the brain cannot regenerate following such a ...

Compared with modern humans (Homo sapiens), who have been around for the past 300,000 years, Homo erectus, or "upright human," had a long reign. The ancient human species lived from 2 million years ...

Julia Chapman has received funding from the Amercian Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, CogSleep, Woolcock Institute's Centre for Chronic Diseases of Ageing.