Brain and Nervous System News

The NFL's top health official said he was worried about the player's health, and pointed to a joint review the league and its players association was conducting into the Miami Dolphins' handling of the quarterback's initial injury on Sunday.

Cedars-Sinai neuroscientists have developed the most complex brain cell models to date, the latest advance in our decades-long pursuit to understand how the brain works.

Hours of mentally hard work can lead to a buildup of toxic byproducts in the brain and alter its ability to function, French researchers found.

New research suggests patients suspected of ALS may soon be able to get a diagnosis much more quickly, not wasting their precious time.

Without the use of any medication, this device under development cools and numbs the nerve sending pain signals to the brain without affecting surrounding nerves or tissue.

Electrically stimulating the brain improved immediate recall of words in people over 65, a report published in Nature Neuroscience says.

More than 740 million adults worldwide have had at least one symptom of tinnitus, and about 120 million are severely affected, according to a new report.

University of Copenhagen researchers have linked brief nighttime awakenings to better memory in mice, adding to our understanding of what happens in the brain during sleep.

College coeds who play action video games make faster, better decisions than non-gamers, a study shows.

Prize is the third-largest in recent history

Sleep is crucial to our ability to make connections from information we pick up during the day, according to a computer model of two areas of the brain.

Research shows humans can develop a bat-like ‘sixth sense’ with training.

A Connecticut woman died after contracting the tick-borne Powassan virus, state health officials announced this week.

Essential tremor “is one of the most common neurological conditions, affecting about 5% of people over age 60. It may affect as many as 7 million people in the United States, according to a 2014 study.

Our ability to try new things and learn from successes and failures depends a lot on cells in the brain's frontal lobe behind the forehead, report researchers who learned more from new lab tests.

Neuroscientists use mathematical models to reproduce how the brain processes smell.

It’s happened to presidential candidates, Wheel of Fortune contestants, and (let’s be honest) you too – anyone can choke when stakes are high. Science explains why, and how to stop it.

While experts urge caution about jumping to any conclusion about Putin based on the limited speech samples, they do agree that voice analysis, when done by experts and used with other vital pieces of information, has enormous potential for health care.

An analysis of published papers in Chinese language journals provides evidence of decades of widespread organ harvesting from individuals who are still alive.

A new international study the smells that people like or loathe are determined not by cultural experiences but mostly by the structure of the odor molecule.

A new British study that included almost 800,000 older women found no link between using a cell phone and brain tumors.

A new study reveals that many Americans now believe that kids should not play the tackle version of the game.

A FDA advisory committee is unconvinced by that a new drug for ALS is effective.

Bruce Willis to Stop Acting After Aphasia Diagnosis March 30, 2022 -- Bruce Willis will step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects areas of the brain that produce and process language,.Willis’ ex-wife, actress Demi Moore, made the announcement on her Instagram page.Aphasia, results from damage or injury to language parts of the brain. It does get in the way of a person’s ability to communicate, but it doesn’t affect intelligence. It can range from mild to severe depending on the damage to the area.Aphasia can come on suddenly after a stroke or

The FDA is reviewing a drug that has shown little evidence that it might help treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.