New research reveals that soaring heat can overwhelm the brain’s delicate balance, leading to a surge in seizure activity and ...

AI is conveniently eliminating the intellectual itch, the false starts, the second guessing, all those difficult mental activities that accompany brain work.

Participants with the fastest-ageing brains were 12 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than contemporaries with brains about 10 years younger, according to the research. Having an ...

Parkinson's disease occurs when brain cells that produce an important hormone called dopamine begin to die off or become ...

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In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain ...

Could we replace the brain with computer chips? Reality is much more complex and the brain seems to be much more than just a ...

Cells, including those in the human body, might have the ability to "learn," a capability once thought to be exclusive to ...

Human brain samples were collected in autopsies last year, and they contained many more tiny shards of plastic than ever ...

The human body's inflammation response acts as a complex defense system, fight infection, and support the healing process.

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.