American Heart Association volunteer experts’ annual list of the leading cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research for 2025 includes cutting edge science and long-standing treatment options to ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the ...

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By freezing tissue at the instant a signal fires, researchers revealed how synaptic ...

Funding for Defense Department medical research into traumatic brain injuries has dropped by more than three-quarters in the last three fiscal years, even as the problem continues to plague U.S.

Hypertension begins harming the brain surprisingly early, even before measurable blood pressure increases. Key cells related to blood vessels, signaling, and myelin maintenance begin aging prematurely ...

A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered unexpected traces of bacteria within brain tumors. This discovery offers new insights into the environment in which ...

MONTPELLIER, France — When Pleuni Pennings and her family came to this university town in the south of France at the beginning of the year, the plan was to stay a few months for a sabbatical of sorts ...

1. Brain connectivity may be the key to understanding the left-handed brain. For many decades, scientists have tried to find out which brain areas differ between left-handers and right-handers, with ...