Deep brain stimulation is a key procedure in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Researchers have now identified the ...

Obstructive sleep apnea disrupts brain function in several ways, including low oxygen levels, interrupted sleep, and vascular risk. Several regions throughout the brain may shrink, and the ...

On the flip side, sleep also may be used to supercharge your memories and improve your recall. “In part, while we are ...

A needle-thin, flexible brain implant is giving researchers a new way to interact with multiple brain regions simultaneously.

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Valeria Vinogradova, a researcher at HSE University, together with British colleagues, studied how language proficiency affects cognitive processing in deaf adults. The study showed that higher ...

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that one of the most common malignant brain tumors in young adults may begin years ...

A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological diseases such ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease by modulating a specific brain network that is mainly active in the fast beta frequency range (20 to 35 Hz). This conclusion ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...