The man then moved to intensive care, where he recovered rapidly. A day after surgery, doctors were able to remove […]
Category: brain
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin. For about a decade, the mainstream understanding has been that […]
Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep. For a long time, sleep research has treated […]
Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed
Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice. On Friday, researchers announced the completion of […]
Toddler’s tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors
Boy’s unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner. Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba (a single-celled living organism) […]
This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying
Savage microbe Whatever was laying waste to his eye seemed to have come from inside his own body, carried in […]
This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying
Savage microbe Whatever was laying waste to his eye seemed to have come from inside his own body, carried in […]