A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new research.

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

People diagnosed with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastics present in their brains than those without the condition, a new study has found.

Brain metastases are one of the most severe complications of melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...

In a new study, researchers have also demonstrated that these prions can experimentally transmit the disease to mice.

Researchers have discovered that levels of microplastics in the human brain are increasing as a new study has found that the ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

The connection between the body and the brain has preoccupied philosophers and researchers for thousands of years. A new study at the University of Haifa has now identified a neural circuit that ...

Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...