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Researchers from Cambridge Grow a ‘Mini-Brain’ Capable of Contracting Muscle

A group of researchers from the University of Cambridge have grown a miniature (roughly pea-sized) brain in a dish which

Pain sensation and the emotional experience of pain are not the same, and now, in mice, scientists at Stanford have

High-tech scans of the resting human brain can provide a new way to define and interpret the brain’s actual mental

A Norwegian study shows that impairment in mitochondria may actually protect the brain in Parkinson’s disease. Mitochondria are microscopic power

The latest study showed that six weeks of 20-minute bouts of interval training led to significant improvements in high-interference memory.

Studying the genetic code allows researchers to know whether some patients with neuropsychiatric disorders either have extra copies of the

Drinking more than one glass of wine a night is enough to kill cells in key regions of a woman’s

Sleep contributes to the brain’s ability to change and reorganise itself and this can help people with learning and memory

Brain cells may die as we get older, mental and social activities promote new connections between cells. Keeping the brain

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a regular feeling of sadness, rejection, sorrow and loss of interest. It affects