Stationed within the meninges, squads of immune cells lie in wait, ready to unleash an inflammatory assault within the brain if needed. Holding these trigger-happy troops back during peacetime falls ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood, affecting about one in 323 children in the United States. It's caused by brain damage and affects a person's muscle tone, balance, ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

Designed for blind patients, it will “interface directly with the visual cortex in the brain and enable them to see,” he said. Also in September, Blindsight received a breakthrough device ...

and slower brain maturation, particularly in the cerebellum and prefrontal cortex. The study revealed that smaller reductions in cerebellar volume mediated the link between higher BMI PGS and ...

Your brain has a lot of work to do, constantly balancing tasks while conserving energy. If you understand how the human brain decides what to pay attention to—and what to ignore—your public ...

A research team at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has revealed that parvalbumin (PV) interneurons in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) preferentially encode ...

It’s the way that podcast hosts talk in my ear. I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all the time. I’ve also seen strangers do it.

Anthony Mitchell and his son Justin died in the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, according to his daughter Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ...

One of the most striking findings was a widespread reduction in gray matter volume and cortical thickness across most areas of the cerebral cortex. Simply put, pregnancy actually causes the brain ...

He has cerebral palsy and requires lifelong care. He can neither speak nor walk and is fed via a tube attached to his stomach. As a baby, he was abandoned by his parents but 10 years ago ...