Brain

Evolutionary human brain growth spurt debunked in new study

Largest study of fossil human skulls challenges previous interpretations of brain evolution.

Meet acetaldehyde, the neurotransmitter that messes our brains on alcohol

The interplay of mainly depressant and occasionally activating effects of alcohol creates chaos in the brain, leading to perceptions of dizziness and impaired situational assessment.

Gal Gadot reveals she nearly died from blood clot during pregnancy

Gadot said that after suffering debilitating headaches for weeks, she underwent an MRI and was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.

Dietary choices could slash brain aging: new study explains how

A Ben-Gurion University study reveals the green Mediterranean diet can slow brain aging by 50%, linking glycemic control and nutrition to reduced cognitive decline.

By VERONICA NEIFAKH / THE MEDIA LINE
22/11/2024

Israeli scientists reconstruct DNA control systems of ancient human brains

The scientists created an algorithm that reconstructs the epigenetic landscape of ancient brains—chemical modifications to DNA that influence gene activity without altering its sequence.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
21/11/2024
 REAL BRAIN exhibit at Bristol Science Centre, UK.

A new Israeli clinical trial is testing a tuberculosis vaccine to prevent Alzheimer's

If – God forbid – I show the biomarkers associated with the probable development of Alzheimer’s, I will receive three doses of the vaccine, which has minimal side effects.

Researchers find Aztec 'death whistles' do weird things to the listeners' brains

Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as frightening and aversive.

Controlling blood sugar may slow brain aging

One’s chronological age is the number of years lived, while brain age indicates the brain’s actual health. They are often not identical.

Scientists uncover 80-million-year-old ancient bird's brain structure

The fossilized skull of Navaornis is almost perfectly intact, a rarity for such an ancient specimen.

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