Brain

Neuralink, co-founded by Elon Musk, is the first neurotechnology company to develop implantable brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), a technology that can help study, treat and prevent neurological disorders. As per recent news reports, Synchron, owned by Thomas J. Oxley, has ...

A cerebral aneurysm is known by many names such as brain aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. Aneurysm in the brain is defined as dilations (widening) that occur at weak sites in the arterial circulation or say, walls of the blood vessels of ...

Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by a progressive and persistent decline in memory functions and related skills affecting the day-to-day life of a person. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia (around 70%), followed by vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia ...

Feeling nervous or anxious in a social situation is normal. Most of us are no strangers to shivery knees or cracky voices while giving a presentation and that feeling of butterflies in our stomach when meeting someone (no, it's not love ...

Anomic aphasia is one of the types of aphasia, an impairment in language that is caused due to damage to the area of the brain responsible for language and speech. According to a PubMed study, people with anomic aphasia have ...

Every year on 17 November, National Epilepsy Day is celebrated to raise awareness about epilepsy and how to deal with 'seizures' associated with the condition. According to the Annals Of Indian Academy Of Neurology, India has more than 10 million individuals suffering ...

Recently, United States Vice-President Kamala Harris' flight from Singapore to Vietnam was delayed for several hours amid alarm over a mysterious syndrome known as "Havana syndrome". Havana syndrome is recognised as a mysterious illness reported first in 2016 by diplomats from ...

Red bananas have gained more popularity these days due to their high nutritional value compared to yellow and green bananas. Studies say that red bananas are superior to other banana types as the prior contain higher beta-carotene and vitamin C than ...

In a recent event, Apollo Hospitals Chennai hospitals have performed three multi-disciplinary complicated procedures on a 35-year-old patient, who had an Ischemic stroke. The patient was reported to have developed a sudden inability to use his left arm and leg and ...

A nervous system is made up of a collection of nerves and cells called neurons. In human beings, it is divided into the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system (all the nerves outside the brain ...

Every year, 21 September is observed as World Alzheimer's Day. A part of the international campaign conducted every September, the day and month aims to raise awareness, and challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia. September 2021 will mark the 10th World Alzheimer's ...

The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a contagious disease, which is mainly known to infect the upper respiratory system of an individual. It is also lethal to people with a weak immune system, with chronic and kidney diseases, and to elders and ...