The brain's waste-removal process is "like turning on the dishwasher," a neurologist says, but common sleep medications may ...

Lab-grown minibrains, remarkable brain scans and psychedelic trips — take a look back at some of Live Science's most ...

A team of UVM scientists led by University Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mark Nelson, Ph.D., from the ...

Researchers reveal norepinephrine’s critical role in the brain’s glymphatic system during deep sleep. Small pulses create ...

Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative ...

Their observations revealed that norepinephrine levels in the brain fluctuate about every 50 seconds during non-REM sleep.

The brain-;a highly metabolically demanding organ that lacks substantial energy reserves-;maintains constant blood flow in the face of blood pressure fluctuations (autoregulation) but relies on an ...

Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes -- the seat of memory -- according to a new study. The findings, seen in people with and without signs of ...

Now researchers have estimated the speed of information flow in the human brain: just 10 bps. They titled their study, published this month in the journal Neuron, “The unbearable slowness of ...

In other cases, a blood vessel can rupture and bleed into the brain (haemorrhagic stroke). In both types of stroke, deprived of oxygen from the loss of blood flow, millions of brain cells rapidly die ...