The human brain runs on a tight energy budget. Despite making up only 2% of our body weight, it devours around 20% of our ...

A recent study reveals that the human brain, when lacking energy, might draw from its own fatty tissues. This discovery ...

When the human brain is starved of energy, it may start to 'eat' its own fatty tissue for fuel, according to a pilot study on ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Researchers have mapped mitochondria across cells in the brain, revealing that high cognition areas are supplied with more ...

A new imaging technique is helping ultra-powerful MRI scanners detect tiny differences in the brains of patients with ...

Sarah Blackburn's decision to get a full-body MRI revealed a life-threatening aneurysm ... including major organs, brain, and spine.” Although the scans have been gaining in popularity, doctors ...

whereas brain activity is typically studied using imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), that have millimetre-scale resolution. To relate complex human brain dynamics to ...

Everything the brain does-from storing memories to interpreting sights to regulating emotions-requires energy, all produced ...

What if poor sleep was doing more than just making you tired? Researchers have discovered that disrupted sleep in older ...