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Transmitting sensory signals from prostheses to the nervous system helps leg amputees to perceive prosthesis as part of their body. While amputees generally perceive their prostheses as heavy, this feedback helps them to perceive the prostheses as sign…

A new study has found that spending time outdoors and switching off devices, such as smartphones, is associated with higher levels of happiness during a period of COVID-19 restrictions.

Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain’s visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in blind people.

Decades of data paint a compelling case for why COVID-19 survivors, even those with few symptoms, could experience long-term effects on the brain and central nervous system.

Writing, driving a screw or throwing darts are only some of the activities that demand a high level of skill. How the brain masters such exquisite movements has now been described. A map of brainstem circuits reveals which neurons control the fine moto…

New work reveals gaps in and opportunities for research to improve understanding of the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in women.

Fiber is a commonly recommended part of a healthy diet. That’s because it’s good for your health in so many ways — from weight management to reducing the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer. A new study also finds that it might b…

A reduced sense of smell, or olfactory dysfunction, is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19. A recent study has examined the symptom’s prevalence and recovery in patients with varying degrees of severity of COVID-19.

Repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions significantly reduce symptom severity in individuals with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the improvement is rapid and maintained for several weeks afterwards, according to a new study.

Brain metastases can only develop if cancer cells exit the capillaries and enter into the brain tissue. To facilitate this step, cancer cells influence blood clotting, as scientists have now been able to show in mice. The cancer cells actively promote …