The brain has its own immune system, which detects threats and mounts a defense. A growing body of evidence has shown that in ...

The brain has its own immune system, which detects threats and mounts a defense. A growing body of evidence has shown that in ...

The Individual Brain Charting (IBC) project has released its fifth and largest update of high-resolution fMRI data, adding a new set of cognitive tasks to one of the most detailed brain-mapping ...

A stress-related protein may help some brains resist Alzheimer’s decline, keeping memory and function intact despite damage.

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

Cerebral malaria and severe malarial anemia, which affect more than a million children every year, can affect their ability ...

Brain health is of paramount importance to nearly all Americans, yet few are aware of the latest science on how to nurture it ...

While past research has hinted at an overlap in relevant brain regions, the new work drills down to the cellular level. The ...

Many high-IQ traits are evident in people who love isolation and hate mingling with strangers. From noticing patterns more ...

Scientists have developed a nasal spray that successfully reduces brain inflammation and restores lost memory function in ...