BALTIMORE: In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.

That such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so Read More »

INDIANAPOLIS: Memories lost due to traumatic brain injury, stress, or diseases such as Alzheimer’s may be retrieved by activating brain cells with light, shows a promising study.

Neuroscience researchers have for many years debated whether retrograde amnesia, which follows traumatic injury, stress, or diseases such Read More »

MEMPHIS: Research has long shown that concussions are not healthy in any case, but a recent study finds children and teenagers who sustain a concussion while participating in sports could also be affected in their academic performance.

Student-athletes with concussions “may experience more problems concentrating, Read More »

BALTIMORE: Researchers have identified a biomarker that shows the progression of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, opening the door to better diagnosis and treatment of the degenerative disease.

By comparing brain images of Parkinson’s patients to those of a control group over a year, an Read More »