Brain

Internet addiction is like drugs: Study

Addiction to the internet could cause damage to the brain similar.

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Prehistoric `brainless, faceless` fish found

A prehistoric fish that had no brain and no face, and described as "elusive" and "rarely seen", has ...

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Parts of Einstein`s brain on display for 1st time

Einstein`s brain slices had a strange journey since Einstein`s death in 1955 at age 76 from an abdo...

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Soon, fly a helicopter using only your mind!

Scientists have designed a new device that can allow users to control a virtual helicopter using onl...

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Former Chief of Naval Staff Dawson dead

Former Chief of Naval Staff, retired Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson, died here due to brain haemorrh...

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`Alarm clock` that helps wake up fresh from sleep!

An Indian origin researcher has claimed to have found the answer to why a number of people fail to w...

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Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar

Suspected encephalitis, a brain infection, has killed 51 children in Bihar`s Gaya district in the la...

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72-mn-yr-old armoured dinosaur`s brain recreated

Scientists have gained valuable insights into the brain of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur after its ...

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Jagjit Singh suffers brain haemorrhage, critical

Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh was admitted to a hospital here on Friday after he suffered a ...

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Bihar minister suffers brain haemorrhage

Bihar Minister for Panchayati Raj Hari Prasad Sah was on Friday hospitalised after he fell in his ba...

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Myth: Video games sharpen brain

That playing video games makes the brain smarter and improves concentration might be a myth fostered...

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Azhar’s son may have suffered brain dysfunction

The condition of Ayazuddin, youngest son of Moradabad MP and former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azha...

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Feeling pain? The computer can tell

Can a computer tell when it hurts? It can if you train it, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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Brain mapping on Malegaon blast accused soon

Brain mapping and polygraph tests on the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon blast case, will be cond...

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IBM unveils computing chips that mimic human brain

IBM researchers Thursday unveiled an experimental computer chip that emulates the way the human brai...

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Nose is gateway for virus

The nose can be a portal for herpes virus-6 which is linked to brain disorders such as multiple scle...

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Light therapy for traumatic brain injuries

Australian researchers have claimed that sitting in front of a light box for 45 minutes a day could ...

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Brains `grow even if body stops before birth`

Now, researchers have unearthed new molecular evidence that explains just how the brain is spared.

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Why we often remember a person’s face, not name

Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have identified the reasons behind why we are, at times...

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`Middle age vices can shrink your brain`

It is estimated that half of cases of Alzheimer`s could be prevented by lifestyle changes.

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Pollution causes brain damage, depression

Long-term exposure to air pollution could damage the brain and cause depression, besides triggering ...

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Nicotine protects brain from Parkinson’s disease

A new research has found that nicotine prevents us from developing Parkinson’s disease by protecting...

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Smoking, high BP may shrink your brain

Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and being overweight in middle age may cause brain shrinkage.

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Has our brain reached full capacity?

Scientists have claimed that the human brain may have reached its full capacity and can`t get clever...

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Has human mind reached limit of its intelligence?

Scientists have said that even the cleverest people might not get any brighter since our grey matter...

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Stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis in 5 years

MS is caused by the immune system attacking a protective substance around nerve fibres called myelin...

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Scientist converts skin cells into brain cells

A novel way of converting human skin cells directly into functional brain cells is likely to revolut...

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Age-related memory loss can be reversed

Prefrontal cortex in the brain is responsible for higher cognitive and executive functions.

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Decision making area inactive in schizophrenic brains

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterised by a breakdown of thought processes & emotional res...

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Only humans have brains that get smaller with age

We have larger brains and live longer than our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, but these advanta...

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People living in north `have bigger brains`

People living in the north have bigger brains than those staying in the south, says a study.

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Lower enzyme levels linked with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia, a serious mental health condition, affects about 24 million people worldwide.

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Dopamine also vital for kidney health, lifespan

Dopamine, a key neurotransmitter active in the brain, is best known for triggering feel good emotion...

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Brain injury raises dementia risk: Study

According to researchers, even concussions can raise the risk of developing dementia later in life.

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Herbal remedy beats brain cancer

Indirubin, a herbal compound used in traditional Chinese remedies might beat deadly brain tumours.

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Jailed Suresh Kalmadi to undergo brain scan

The medical officer of the Tihar Jail has advised MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of Kalmadi`s brai...

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Vitamin C strengthens brain function

A new study has found that Vitamin C is required for the proper functioning of the eyes and the brai...

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Brain tumours not linked to cell-phone use: Study

New study has found no link between long-term cell phone use and a type of non-cancerous brain tumou...

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Eating disorder affects brain function

The brain response to a dopamine related reward-learning task in bulimic and healthy women.

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Junk food destroys brain cells

A study has found that eating too much of fatty junk food destroys the brain cells that control weig...

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Gene study offers clues on memory puzzle

Scientists have shed light on why it is easier to learn about things related to what we already know...

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Brain tumour pathway lead to new treatment

The research also found that existing medications block this cancer-promoting pathway and delay glio...

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Researchers reprogram brain cells into heart cells

The signature of a cell is defined by molecules called messenger RNAs which contain the chemical blu...

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Speech gene also controls brain functions

Lead researchers Dr Sonja Vernes and Dr Simon Fisher of the University of Oxford in England revealed...

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A safer, effective option to treat brain cancer

"Nanoparticle-based gene therapy has the potential to be both safer and more effective than conventi...

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Selective memory does exist: Scientists

Researchers at the Lund University in Sweden found that selective memory really exists and people c...

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Brain cells made from skin could treat Parkinson

The studies raise the possibility of improving mobility in people with Parkinson``s by restoring dop...

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Why we blackout after having one too many

Now, neuroscientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified th...

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Vitamin E protects brain cells after stroke

This process is one of three identified so far that this form of Vitamin E uses to protect brain cel...

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