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Aging brains may struggle to clear out waste, contributing to memory loss and diseases like Alzheimer’s. But researchers have now found that improving the brain’s waste-draining vessels in old mice ...

It asks whether we are better or worse for removing certain parts of our own consciousness, and it explores that idea through ...

A new imaging technique is helping ultra-powerful MRI scanners detect tiny differences in the brains of patients with ...

The world is ageing quickly. People older than 64 years already outnumber children younger than five, and this asymmetry will continue to widen. As life expectancy increases and fertility rates ...

Infants can form memories, and they use a memory structure in the brain called the hippocampus to do it, researchers report in the March 21 Science. The results shore up the idea that memories can in ...

The parts of the brain needed to remember words have been identified. Those areas are affected by a common form of epilepsy, ...

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Researchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma -- a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — A new study has shed some light on postpartum depression and how it affects the brains of women.

For years, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been studied primarily in people who experience trauma firsthand.

New research reveals that witnessing trauma triggers unique brain changes, distinct from those caused by experiencing trauma firsthand.