Brain
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrates and most invertebrate animals. It is the most complex organ of the vertebrate body that sits in the head. The brain exerts centralized control over other parts of the body. It controls thought, memory, feeling, touch, sight, breathing, temperature, appetite, and every process that regulates our body.
Study shows ‘profound’ link between dietary choices and brain health
New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain health.
Study revealed brain targets to modulate heart rate and treat depressive disorders
Heart rate may be a useful tool.
You can’t make long-term memories without damaging your brain cells
Triggering inflammation to make memories.
Cannabinol shows neuroprotective potential: Insights from fruit fly study
Scientists also identified cannabinol analogs.
The brain separates the sound into direct speech and its echo
Neural activity was best captured by a model that separates direct speech from its echo.
Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a lifetime
RNA that doesn’t age.
Mitochondrial DNA mutation may extend life in Alzheimer’s gene carriers
A new direction in drug discovery.
Illuminating Oxygen’s journey in the brain through a new imaging method
Scientists can now monitor changes in oxygen concentration continuously and in a wide area of the brain.
Shifting arterial disease patterns in diabetes
Peripheral arterial complications in Type 1 Diabetes & Type 2 Diabetes.
Larger human brains offer a protective effect against dementia
Intracranial and cerebral volume trends in Framingham Heart Study.