A recent study reveals that specific brain cells respond not only to smells but also to images and written words related to ...

The short-term wave was reflective of rapid responses to a behavior, like struggling to focus after a poor night's sleep. Meanwhile, the long-term wave suggests more gradual, lasting effects of a ...

The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and ...

The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and ...

New research reveals the most complete map of the brain, including microscopic details from 140,000 neurons, millions of ...

Learn about John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, honoured with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, and their significant influence ...

Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells. Their job is to patrol the brain's blood vessels looking for invading ...

A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to ...

In a breakthrough study, researchers have imaged a network of pathways in the human brain believed to clear waste proteins ...

OHSU study uses imaging in neurosurgery patients to show how brain's glymphatic system clears waste; lifestyle measures can ...

Researchers have captured the first images of a brain network designed to clear waste, potentially staving off diseases like Alzheimer's. This glymphatic system was imaged in patients undergoing ...

A new study for the first time definitively reveals the existence of a system that had been theorized to clear metabolic ...