The 25 number became popular off the back of brain imaging studies from the late 1990s and early 2000s. These studies often tracked changes through childhood and adolescence and showed that the brain ...

The brain disease that the NFL has now acknowledged can be caused by playing football appears to be more widespread than originally thought, according to new scientific evidence that has alarmed some ...

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has released a new report, “Understanding Breakthroughs in Brain Health: Top 10 Articles of 2024,” to support busy clinicians in their efforts to remain ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

Different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted with high specificity by one of the new genetic tools developed at the Allen Institute. (Allen Institute Image) The Allen Institute ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease of the dead. Clinical features suggestive of the ...

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight ...

Recent brain research appears to suggest CTE is prevalent among people who played any contact sport, not just former NFL players, whose diagnoses with CTE often dominate headlines.