A-listers including Jennifer Aniston, Rebel Wilson and Serena Williams are receiving weekly treatments for a variety of ...

Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and ...

From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accendatech Co., Ltd, a clinical-stage biotech company developing natural compound-based small molecule drugs with unique pharmacological properties announced the enrollment ...

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst. Water is the most fundamental need for all life on Earth. Not every ...

Riley Rourke is a digital producer for CBS Boston. She has worked at WBZ-TV since graduating from Emerson College in 2023. Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people in July's deadly Midtown ...

Ever wonder what happens when you sleepwalk? This sketch shows the brain cells in action as you try to play video games while asleep! Lawmakers Raise Alarms on Taxpayer-Funded Aid “Law & Order: SVU” ...

Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers at Scripps Research have shown in an animal model that ...

A fresh supply of the immune cells that keep the brain tidy might one day help to treat a host of conditions, from ultra-rare genetic disorders to more familiar scourges, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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Scientists report the first therapy to slow the deadly brain disease. A one-time gene therapy treatment has shown remarkable success in slowing the progression of Huntington's disease in a preliminary ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation—two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...