The Human Brain's "GPS System" May Date Back 400 Million Years, New Nature Study on Zebrafish Suggests

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

The brain's protein cleanup process may play a role in dementia

Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...
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When the Brain Becomes a Part of the Problem

A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

Key to human intelligence lies in how brain networks work together, neuroimaging study suggests

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...
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Intelligence depends on brain-wide activity, says study

Study links intelligence to overall brain activity rather than specific region ...

Scientists May Have Found How the Brain Becomes One Intelligent System

New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...

Sleep Deprivation Triggers a Strange Brain Cleanup

One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

Scientists shed new light on the brain's role in heart attack

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...