Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...

In 1953, Henry Gustav Molaison agreed to undergo experimental brain surgery in hopes of stopping the epileptic seizures and blackouts that had plagued him since age 10. The neurosurgeon William ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 4 (January 25, 2022), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) To further advance functional MRI (fMRI)–based brain science, ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...

MAXIMILIAN ROSE, PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AT WILNO UNIVERSITY, DIED SUDDENLY TODAY DURING A LECTURE. HE WAS 54 YEARS OLD. PROF. ROSE WAS THE SCIENTIST WHO DISSECTED THE BRAIN OF MARSHAL JOSEPH PILSUDSKI ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

Following his death in 1955, Albert Einstein's brain was removed, cut into 240 pieces and slowly distributed to scientists around the world. But where is Einstein's brain now? When you purchase ...

The dissected fly brain is stained for tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity to visualize dopamine neurons. Tyrosine hydroxylase is a rate-limiting enzyme for dopamine biosynthesis and is present in ...

On one of the last days of his life, Albert Einstein was busy at his desk. He was working on a national television address marking Israel's seventh anniversary as a sovereign nation and Jewish ...

There are 8 billion people on the planet, and every one of them wants to be happy. No surprise, given that happiness is a basic human need. Everyone’s definition of happiness may be different, but the ...