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Scientists have created an elaborate map of more than a billion brain cell connections, helping to shed light on how memories are formed and recalled.

A new study using machine learning has identified brain-based dimensions of mental health disorders, an advance towards much-needed biomarkers to more accurately diagnose and treat patients.

Implantation of a stent-like flow diverter can offer one option for less invasive treatment of brain aneurysms – bulges in blood vessels — but the procedure requires frequent monitoring while the vessels heal. Now, a multi-university research team has…

Researchers report on three years of behavioral and brain imaging tests on a nearly seven year-old boy — ‘UD’ — who had a third of the right hemisphere of his brain removed in an attempt to control seizures. Even though the procedure left UD unable t…

Researchers have developed a new method for constructing personal brain networks using multiple structural features to improve the accuracy of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The personal networks accurately cla…

New scientific evidence challenges the alleged cognitive benefits of brain-training games. Exercise and sleep may be better ways to boost cognition.

Researchers have for the first time mapped the distribution of magnetic particles in the human brain. The study reveals that the particles are primarily located in the cerebellum and the brainstem, which are the more ancient parts of the brain.

Researchers have found that women who play soccer may be more at risk than their male counterparts. According to a new study, female soccer players exhibit more extensive changes to brain tissue after repetitive ‘heading’ of the soccer ball.

A new study argues that humans recognize what they are looking at by combining current sensory stimuli with comparisons to images stored in memory.