Nerve cells in the brain receive thousands of synaptic signals via their "antenna", the so-called dendritic branch.

A recent study from Aarhus University has discovered that music can reveal how different areas of the brain are affected by aging. Interestingly,...

In hospital operating rooms and intensive care units, propofol is a drug of choice, widely used to sedate patients for their comfort or render them...

A new study from researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC), USA, sheds light on why certain...

A new study published in the journal Brain reveals that increasing levels of a key brain protein might help slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s...

Around 58 million people suffer from chronic inflammation caused by the hepatitis C virus, and 300,000 people die from the disease every year. So...

Glaucoma is often called a “silent thief” because it quietly damages the eye without causing early symptoms. It harms the optic nerve, a crucial...

Researchers from Harvard University and Google have unveiled an intricate wiring diagram of the human brain from a tiny piece of cerebral cortex...