Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Bird diagram from the 1886 'A nomenclature of colors for naturalists : and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists' by Robert Ridgway (via Smithsonian Libraries) Colors in the 1912 'Color ...

Primary brain and central nervous system cancers account for only a small fraction of all cancers in the United States—roughly 2%—but their impact is far from minor, said Ariz Keshwani, '21 BA, '22 ...

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Certain bitter plant compounds — the kind found naturally in cocoa, apples, berries and red wine — may temporarily boost memory by activating the brain's internal "alarm system," a new study suggests.

Sea urchins have a body that is entirely made up of "head"—with a surprisingly complex central nervous system that functions, in essence, like an "all-body brain." This is the conclusion of an ...

"Chemo brain" — chemotherapy-induced difficulties with focusing, thinking and remembering — may be caused by the cancer treatment's disruption to the brain's lymphatic system, an early-stage study ...

Brianna Tobritzhofer is a nationally credentialed Registered Dietitian and experienced health writer with over a decade of leadership in nutrition program development, policy compliance, and public ...

Impaired glymphatic function — the brain’s waste clearance system — could help explain how cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors may drive dementia. In a large UK Biobank study, MRI markers of ...