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Is there anything you can do to improve your own brain function in just a few minutes a day? New research suggests that the ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

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Study found that a toxic molecule called methylglyoxal rises after a heart attack and travels to the brain, where it triggers ...

If you’ve heard the phrase “executive functioning” recently, it probably came up in the context of ADHD, a common neurobehavioral condition which affects a person’s ability to stay focused, maintain a ...

The duration of depression may influence the extent to which brain functioning is affected, as well as the treatment options ...

A largely overlooked space between cells in women's brains may hold the key to understanding memory loss tied to estrogen ...

There is a misconception that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be caused by eating too many sweets or bad parenting. Our kids could do better in ...