We can replace joints, lenses, even organs—but not the brain. As neuroscience unravels the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

I was a third-year medical student at Northwestern on my ICU rotation the first time I saw a dopamine drip. The patient was pale and motionless, his blood pressure dropping by the minute despite large ...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain. This is linked to memory issues in mice. When you purchase through links on ...

It’s been known for millennia that the human body accumulates waste as a result of day-to-day functioning, but it’s now recognized that the awake, active brain also builds up waste that negatively ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

The human circulatory system shares several fundamental principles with closed-loop fluid transport systems commonly used in industrial applications. In both cases, a pump generates the driving force ...

Plus, how chronic venous insufficiency is diagnosed and treated, and if it's actually as benign as it's been made out to be. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at ...

Following recent reports that President Donald Trump's ankles appeared swollen, the White House has confirmed that Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency. In the president's annual ...

Share on Pinterest U.S. President Donald Trump was diagnosed with a condition called chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). David Ramos/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump was recently diagnosed ...