Studies add details about the brain, clues for future treatments

A package of new studies add tremendous detail to our understanding of the human brain and offer hope for future treatments for brain disorders.

Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study®) | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

ABCD is a landmark study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which will increase our understanding of environmental, social, genetic, and other biological factors that affect brain...

Study Of Junior Seau's Brain Finds Signs Of Neurodegenerative Disease : The Two-Way

January 10, 2013 · 2:21 PM ET · By Bill Chappell ; Junior Seau, the former NFL linebacker whose suicide last May at age 43 shocked fans and former teammates, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head injuries, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health. Seau's family donated his brain for examination after his death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest set off speculation that Seau may have suffered brain injuries during a career that was defined by his ...

Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organised

Our brains are very complex organs, with huge variety between individuals in terms of the overall volume of the brain, how it is folded and how thick these

Assessing the Decade of the Brain.

The 1990s were designated the Decade of the Brain (DOB) by the U.S. Congress. Originally sponsored by Congressman Silvio Conti (R-Mass.) on the recommendation of leaders of the neuroscience communi...

Different Types Of Meditation Change Different Areas Of The Brain, Study Finds - Forbes

A new study provides compelling evidence that different forms of meditation can change the brain in measurable ways.

Researchers hope study of brain worms in deer could help endangered moose | CBC

Researchers at Acadia University are studying the prevalence of brain worms in white-tailed deer with the hope their work will help endangered moose.

Even Mild COVID Can Damage and Shrink the Brain, Oxford Study Finds

Researchers at Oxford University conducted a rigorous study, scanning brains of hundreds of people, and found COVID-19 can impair the brain slightly.

Brain charts for the human lifespan | Nature

Over the past few decades, neuroimaging has become a ubiquitous tool in basic research and clinical studies of the human brain. However, no reference standards currently exist to quantify individua...

Brain scans may reveal a lot about mental illness, but not until studies get bigger

MRI scans have allowed researchers to peer inside the human brain. And the technology is great at revealing damage from a stroke, or areas that light up when we see a face. ; But brain scan studies have yet to offer much insight into the underpinnings of traits like intelligence, or mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. ; A key reason is that these studies need to include scans of thousands of brains, instead of the dozens typically used, a team reported in the March 16 issue of the journal Nature.