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Brain Damage
Brain Damage: is an injury that causes the destruction or deterioration of brain cells. In the U.S., every year, about 2.6 million people have some type of brain injury -- whether as a result of trauma, stroke, tumor, or other illnesses.
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JUN 27, 2015Videos
On a bright day when you go outside, you're more than likely to start squinting. It's the body's natural response to lim ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2015Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 21, 2015Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 29, 2015Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 28, 2015Neuroscience
A Stanford University study, described in Scientific Reports and reported by Laura Sanders in Science News, shows that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Air pollution can shrink brains, lead to cognitive problems and even cause silent stokes, according to new research publ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 19, 2015Neuroscience
Sarcasm might feel like a natural way to communicate to many people, but it's sometimes lost on stroke survivors. Now, a ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WARD OFF BRAIN ‘SHRINKAGE'
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
A color-coded flat map of 1,923 rat cortical association macroconnections ("Architecture of the cerebral cortical associ ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUN 27, 2015
Videos
On a bright day when you go outside, you're more than likely to start squinting. It's the body's natural response to lim
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 21, 2015
Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 29, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A Stanford University study, described in Scientific Reports and reported by Laura Sanders in Science News, shows that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...
They hav ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Air pollution can shrink brains, lead to cognitive problems and even cause silent stokes, according to new research publ
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Sarcasm might feel like a natural way to communicate to many people, but it's sometimes lost on stroke survivors. Now, a
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WARD OFF BRAIN ‘SHRINKAGE'
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
A color-coded flat map of 1,923 rat cortical association macroconnections ("Architecture of the cerebral cortical associ
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider