Destroyed connections between brain cells may be to blame. A colored scanning electron micrograph of microglial cells—the immune cells of the central nervous system—that play important roles ...

Neuronal activity and brain insults such as ischemic and traumatic injury upregulate these neuromodulators, which exert their effects by activating purinergic receptors. In addition, extracellular ATP ...

The United States has long benefited from an enormous brain gain, with the most talented scientists and engineers around the ...

In hospital intensive care units, neurologists often use a simple scorecard to quickly evaluate a critically ill patient’s likelihood of having a brain-damaging seizure so they can prevent it. The ...

There, a CT scan showed blood clots in Adriana Smith’s brain, and the 30-year-old nurse was soon declared brain-dead, NBC affiliate WXIA-TV reported. Three months later, her mother says Smith is ...

UMass Chan Medical School is canceling students’ need-based institutional aid for the upcoming academic year, citing financial challenges stemming from proposed government overhauls under the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered ...

First-line cemiplimab showed improved survival vs chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC with brain metastases and PD-L1 ≥50% in EMPOWER-Lung 1. First-line cemiplimab (Libtayo) monotherapy improved survival ...

For the brain to dedicate itself to tasks that need attention, or to respond to unexpected stimuli like a fire alarm, it needs to be able to rewire itself by changing how brain cells communicate.

Leelani Brooks, the 9-year-old girl who was shot in the head while trying to escape gunfire in Algiers, was declared brain dead, a family friend told to WWL Louisiana. Michael Willis, who ...

Optimized treatment can reduce the mortality risk for chronic heart failure (HF) by as much as 60%. The role of appropriate drug combinations and rapid diagnosis was discussed at the 91st Annual ...

The FDA has granted regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation to BCB-276 for the treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an incurable pediatric brain tumor. BCB-276 is an ...