For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

The harmful clumps of tau protein that build up in brains affected by Alzheimer's were reduced significantly, and the mice ...

Recent discoveries of how the brain works have shifted focus to brain networks, offering potential new hope for people ...

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Eight essential nutrients make up the suite of B vitamins also known as the B complex. Research at Tufts and elsewhere has ...

The model reveals that more connected brain regions are more prone to damage, while isolated areas remain resilient. This approach offers a powerful framework for understanding disease progression and ...

Now, an ambitious Microsoft-funded project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is studying the neural activity ...

Stories of brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria are frightening. Here's what swimmers in North Carolina should know ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. New MRI research reveals that heavy smoking can shrink key brain regions tied to memory and ...

July 25 is the awareness day for a very rare syndrome, but one that a local child has. Carter Dreckman is a 3-year-old from ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...