brain

Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of cancerous brain tumor in adults, poses significant treatment challenges despite available options such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma typically have a life expectancy of only 12 to 18 months after...

London/Cardiff, Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience, current consciousness research is characterized by disagreement and controversy, with several rival theories in dispute.A recent review of more...

New Delhi, July 10 ( ) A 27-year-old woman who suffered from a large heart tumor the size of a lemon, the fragment of which broke off and traveled to her brain causing a stroke, has been successfully treated at a private hospital here. city.The operation was performed recently at Max Hospital...

A study from the University of Queensland in Australia found that six months of high-intensity interval training could boost important brain functions such as hippocampus-based learning and memory for up to five years in older adults.In the study, 151 participants aged 65–85 with no cognitive...

The 'Basic Instinct' star talked about how the stroke, which caused a brain hemorrhage for nine days, kept him away from Hollywood."A Buddhist monk told me I was reincarnated in my same body," Stone recalled in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.The actress said she "had a near-death...

New Delhi: A bigger body does not always necessarily mean a bigger brain, said a research team that found a disproportionate relationship between the two.For more than a century, scientists have thought that the larger an animal is, the brain is proportionally larger — a "linear" or...

Amid monsoon in India, dengue cases have spiked in several parts of the country including Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi and Maharashtra.According to the latest data from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), 246 cases of dengue have been recorded in the...

Liverpool, More than 50,000 years ago, humans began to speak and since then we have not been silent. Sometimes, however, we find it difficult to remember the name of an object, a place or a person we want to talk about. The technical term for this phenomenon is “lethologica.”While severe...

According to Professor Bo Li of the US-based Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), "It is a very serious syndrome.""Most people with cancer die of 'cachexia' rather than cancer. And once the patient enters this stage, there is no way to go back because there is essentially no treatment," he...

Vitamin B-12 (also known as cobalamin) plays a crucial role in red blood cell formation, cellular metabolism, nerve function, and DNA production.Some common symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency include strange sensations, numbness or tingling in the hands, legs or feet, difficulty walking...

Montreal, The enigma of memory has intrigued philosophers and intellectuals for a long time. Plato and Aristotle believed that memory was found only in the realm of the soul and mind, but there was nothing corporeal or physical about it. Memory is closely linked to our sense of self and...

Kozhikode (Kerala), Another case of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba found in contaminated water, has been reported from Kerala.A 14-year-old boy, a resident of Payyoli in North Kerala district, is suffering from the disease, according to sources...

Thiruvananthapuram, a day after the death of a 14-year-old boy due to amoebic meningoencephalitis, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held a meeting in which several suggestions were made, including not bathing in unclean water bodies, to prevent further infection.A statement issued by his...

Rochester [New York], For the first time, new research explains the relationship between the neurological symptoms of aura and the resulting migraine, clarifying how a disruption of brain fluid flow and a spreading wave of disruption cause headaches. The new proteins discovered in the study may...

Lancashire (United Kingdom), psilocybin, a compound found in many types of mushrooms, is an antidepressant with potential use in the treatment of anxiety. Unfortunately, unscrupulous sellers have used these clinical results to sell products made from an unrelated and somewhat toxic fungus...

Leiden (Netherlands), Since I was young I have been intrigued by altered states of consciousness, such as out-of-body experiences, paranormal phenomena and religious visions. I studied psychology and neuroscience to better understand how these experiences arise. And in my scientific career I...

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Kerala Health Minister Veena George held a high-level meeting of the health department amid two deaths and one case of hospitalization due to amoebic meningoencephalitis in the last two months.It has been decided that special guidelines will be issued for...

New Delhi, The brain's hypothalamus could be critical in helping to switch between behaviors for survival, such as hunting prey and escaping from a predator, a new study has found.The almond-sized hypothalamus, located deep in the human brain, is known to be important for survival. It is...

Jacksonville (Florida) [USA] USA], The network of blood channels and tissues known as the blood-brain barrier, which nourishes and protects the brain from dangerous chemicals flowing in the blood, is compromised in Alzheimer's disease.Mayo Clinic researchers and their partners have discovered...

New Delhi, According to recent research, denser gray matter in the cognitive region of the brain could help serial entrepreneurs adapt multiple strategies, allowing them to repeatedly launch new businesses compared to others.The study provides a neural basis for cognitive flexibility, which...