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Scientists have described a trial method for evaluating potential therapies that could speed up the search for a cure.

The effects of lung injury, such as those sustained in COVID-19 infection, may extend beyond the lungs, suggests new research. Targeting the area of the brain responsible for control of breathing and blood flow might help accelerate the process of weaning patients from mechanical ventilators.

The use of focused ultrasound to defy the brain’s protective barrier could mean that doctors can deliver treatments directly into the brain to battle neurological diseases.

Walking across the room to switch on a light - such a simple everyday activity involves enormously complex computations by the brain. Neuroscientists have now investigated the brain areas in which such movements are planned and coded. These findings could be harnessed to develop brain-machine interfaces that control smart homes.

Research using brain-like tissue models suggests a possible causal relationship between sporadic Alzheimer’s disease and herpes simplex virus I infection.

Neuroscientists have uncovered a protein acts like a “volume dial” for the release of neurotransmitters.

Researchers suggest that the depth of non-rapid-eye-movement (nonREM) sleep in humans is associated with different genetic versions of a gene that encodes a water channel involved in fluid flow in the brain.

Have the ability to speak two languages? Make sure you keep up your skills in both tongues, and your brain will thank you for it in later life, suggests new research.

Scientists have published highly-detailed images of lab-grown neurons using Extreme Ultraviolet radiation that could aid the analysis of neurodegenerative diseases.

Researchers have reported the discovery of a protein named MFSD7c in blood vessel cells in the brain that is critical for blood vessel development and brain growth. Their findings may pave the way for better understanding of the essential nutrients required for blood vessel health and brain growth.