Brain Function

In four double-blinded, randomized trials in Melbourne, each a week apart, the same 40 healthy participants took one of three popular 'smart' drugs (methylphenidate, modafinil, or ) or a…

Dementia is defined as the loss of cognitive functioning—including thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and is very prevalent in Japan. Currently, the treatment satisfaction for is among…

Chennai: Patients undergoing brain surgery are likely to get back home with a disfigurement, compromised brain function, and lack of…

One thing we have learned during the COVID pandemic is that social isolation can influence cognitive functions, as previous studies suggested. This motivated researchers to further…

A specific cell within our retina, the light-sensitive part of our eyes responsible for sending visual information to our brain, appears to be particularly good at housing Ebola and other…

"There was no predictor of who would fall into which category before we tested them, we initially thought that everyone would respond similarly," said Eleni Patelaki, a biomedical…

the findings suggest a new method for strengthening human memory in middle age and a possible early intervention for dementia. "Our memories are a huge…

The story is also different for new mothers who experience postpartum depression (PPD), which affects up to 20% of people who give birth. Role Of…

More specifically, it demonstrated that acute stress prompts neurons from the region known as the paraventricular hypothalamus to instantly trigger a…

This is the first research to observe that infants with older siblings who have autism and who themselves later develop autism as toddlers have specific biological differences in visual…