How damage spreads An injury to one brain region rarely stays contained to a single spot. The consequences ripple outward, creating a broader impact that depends on the scale of the injury, the ...

New USC research offers an unseen insight into how the brain shifts gears. The researchers have discovered that our innate ability to make quick changes in motor function is the result of a unique ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...

When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age ...

Baystate Health's Neuro Critical Care Unit offers expert, 24/7 treatment for stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizures, and other neurologic emergencies.

The brain's waste clearance system is impaired in people living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) which can lead to various symptoms including brain fog, Griffith ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

The brain undergoes a full renovation during menopause. Although these changes are profound, we’re learning that the ...

Scientists are studying what pregnancy does to the brain and how it does so, shedding light on a long-understudied area of neuroscience.