Protein marker for a deadly brain tumour identified

Gliomas are untreatable tumours with a poor prognosis, high morbidity and mortality rates

Glycogen in neurons of degenerating brains is beneficial: study

A new study by IIT Kanpur suggests that glycogen has a protective role in neurons of patients suffering with neurodegenerative disorders

How COVID-19 affects the brain

Inflammation of the brain; blood clots; damage to the nerves in the body — how COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 affects the human brain&…

Big data may help get new clues on Alzheimer’s

Researchers develop a big data analytics framework to look for early diagnostic biomarkers of the disease

50 years of CT: This is the man you must thank

Hounsfield’s innovation transformed medicine. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1979 and was knighted in 1981

How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn’t in brain size, but blood flow

Skulls hold clues to intelligence, says this physiology professor

Visual illusion that may help explain consciousness: New study

We tend to assume that our visual consciousness gives us a rich and detailed picture of the entire scene in front of us. The truth is very different

New device promises to make stroke rehabilitation fun

An IIT-Hyderabad-incubated startup makes an upper arm exercising device with a gaming console

Death: How long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes?

A recent research speculated about life ’flashing’ past moments before death; how sound might it be? 

US researchers establish Parkinson’s origins in gut

The brain disorder is caused by a misfolded protein in the gut that climbs to the brain via a nerve

What if we could know what's going on in your brain without splicing it open

Nerve cells communicate wirelessly too. More neural pathways can explain why different parts of the brain connect quickly during complicated tasks

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Want to know more about climate crisis, human brain? Here are a few recommendations

Here's a must-read, must-watch, must-attend list for you: A book to better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, a …

Anatomy of happiness

Stefan Klein explores the complex interplay between positive and negative emotions

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Brain drain

Memory, attention difficulties often part of normal life

There are two main reasons healthy adults experience difficulties with their memory and/or attention: highly demanding lives and normal age-…

Decoded: What triggers spread of cancer cells

Yale scientists also developed a tool to detect spread in patients with renal, brain cancers  

Brain drain backs up

India finally tries to give real incentives to stop indigenous intelligence from migrating abroad

Scientists explain the attack of coronavirus on the brain in new study

The peak viral load in the brain was 1,000 times than in lungs

Your phone and your brain - what we know so far

The evidence indicates that there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the long-term impacts of digital device use on cognition

Depletion of particular brain tissue linked to chronic depression, suicide: Study

Astrocytes, a kind of supportive nerve cells, were found in much lower quantity in people who died by suicide

Anti-oxidant level in specific brain region indicates early signs of Alzheimer’s: Study

This knowledge may help in early detection by identifying the role of protective form of antioxidant