Researchers in Oklahoma have discovered that floating alligators keep half their brain awake as they sleep. Karen Parker/FWC photo As if alligators weren’t intimidating enough, experts have discovered ...

Recent research reveals that a blank mind may be closer to your brain’s default setting, while thinking and imagining are add ...

This technique allowed them to track stalls—moments when red blood cells temporarily stop moving ... because the anesthetic both dilates blood vessels and reduces the brain's metabolic demand. In ...

One woman had a cyst in her brain, and the only way to remove it was through surgery, done while she was awake.

Adequate blood flow supplies the brain with oxygen and nutrients, but the oxygenation tends to fluctuate in a distinct, consistent manner. The root of this varied activity, though, is poorly ...

Adequate blood flow supplies the brain with oxygen and nutrients, but the oxygenation tends to fluctuate in a distinct, consistent manner. The root of this varied activity, though, is poorly ...