Brain : Science World Report

Apr 25, 2013 08:42 PM EDT

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Curb Obesity Epidemic

Researchers are now looking at a new method to treat the obesity epidemic: The brain.

Apr 23, 2013 11:09 AM EDT

What's Going On Inside Your Head? Take a Look at Differences Between a Man and Woman's Brain

Gender differences make the brain a very differently complex organ between men and women.

Apr 22, 2013 10:49 AM EDT

Human Stem Cells Restore Memory and Learning in Mice Brains

There's a new breakthrough when it comes to restoring memory--at least in mice. Researchers have used human embryonic stem cells in the small mammals which allowed them to regain the ability to learn and remember.

Apr 20, 2013 02:16 AM EDT

3D Immersion Technology Now Helps Fighting Migraine (Video)

Full 3D immersion is applied to a growing number of scientific applications, and one of them is now visualizing special brain scans of patients. The 3D brain is a novel way to examine data from images taken during a patient's actual migraine attack, says DaSilva, who heads the Headache and Orofacial...

Apr 19, 2013 01:30 PM EDT

Egyptian Fruit Bat Brains Reveal How Animals Perceive 3D Space

Researchers have revealed for the first time how bats perceive three-dimensional, volumetric space by measuring their brain cells during flight.

Apr 17, 2013 01:54 PM EDT

Stress Can be Good for You: Brain Performance Improved by Short-lived Events

Stress can make your hair fall out. Stress can make sleep poorly. Stress is, presumably, always bad--or is it? New research reveals that some stress can be good for you.

Apr 17, 2013 08:40 AM EDT

Aerobics Prevent Brain Damage Caused by Heavy Alcohol Drinking

A study conducted by Hollis Karoly, a doctoral student in CU-Boulder's psychology and neuroscience department, links aerobic exercise with less damage to white matter in the brain among heavy alcohol drinkers.

Apr 15, 2013 03:09 PM EDT

Sudoku Could Help Prevent Dementia? Brain Exercises Help Slow Cognitive Decline

Research shows that brain exercises, not pills, are a better way to address the worsening symptoms of dementia.

Apr 15, 2013 01:48 PM EDT

Skin Cells Morph into Brain Cells: New Technique to Treat Genetic Disorders

There could be a way to engineer brains cells. Researchers have discovered a technique that can directly convert skin cells to the type of brain cells that are destroyed in some genetic disorders.

Apr 12, 2013 12:36 PM EDT

Why Humans Love Music: Brain Imaging Reveals Secrets of Rewarding Songs

New research reveals what makes music so rewarding to humans and why people like some types of music more than others.

Apr 12, 2013 08:04 AM EDT

Chemical-Dipped Transparent Brains Clear Up Mental Mysteries (Video)

Brains treated with chemicals can turn transparent. The new technique could clear up some mental mysteries and could allow researchers to move forward with the brain mapping project.

Apr 11, 2013 10:12 PM EDT

Level of Pain Astonishingly Visible in Brain Scans

Researchers were astonished by the surprising result of their analysis of brain scans, showing that the level of pain can be revealed in universal patterns. This is a major breakthrough that makes it possible to measure pain objectively for the first time.