(Myriams-Fotos/Pixabay) The blood-brain barrier surrounds the blood vessels that run through the brain, letting in oxygen and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Repeated blows to the head over years of contact sports can lead to chronic brain damage. For decades, scientists have struggled ...

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The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable interface that preserves the specialised microenvironment of the central nervous system by regulating the bidirectional movement of ions, ...

A man wearing a T shirt and fleece vest sits at a corner office desk with a fluorescence microscopy image of the brain on a monitor in the background. Corresponding author Jiefu Li looks at an image ...

This little-known brain disorder is currently one of the biggest challenges facing medicine where age-related diseases are concerned.

The brain is our most treasured possession. It coordinates our movements, our words, our relationships, and the ability to pass on our genes. Our body therefore protects the organ fiercely: The ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...