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In infants under a year, a quarter was caused by falling from beds, while floors were the second leading cause at 14 per cent. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Consumer products responsible for traumatic brain injury

Nearly three-quarters of traumatic brain injuries caused by consumer products.

30 July 2019 11:56 AM IST

Studies are finding new ways to treat anxiety. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

This brain molecule can help in treating anxiety

Study reveals that a particular brain molecule heavily influences anxiety.

20 Aug 2019 4:03 PM IST

Excessive training causes people to act impulsively. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Physical training overload can cause mental fatigue

Excessive athletic training weakens brain, finds study.

29 Sept 2019 11:48 AM IST

The brain consists of around one hundred billion neurons.

Understanding highways of human brain

Myelin creates a coaxial cable producing multiple waves of electrical potentials travelling in a more complicated...

25 Jan 2020 9:04 AM IST

It has not been clear whether asymmetry of the brains anatomy is affected in autism, because different studies have reported different findings. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Study explains how brain balances pleasure and pain

As brains take in information about the world & use it to steer the actions, the two mentioned above are key principles...

7 Jan 2020 3:53 PM IST

These findings show that both genetics (GBA gene mutation) and aging can cause the same lipid elevations in the brain that are demonstrated in Parkinsons disease pathology (Photo: AFP)

Learning Physics activates new brain regions: Study

Changes in brain activity relate to more complex behavioral changes in how students reason through physics questions...

26 May 2018 4:03 PM IST

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Leg exercise vital for healthy brain, says study

Limiting physical activity decreased number of neural stem cells compared to control group of mice, which were allowed...

26 May 2018 11:00 AM IST

These findings show that both genetics (GBA gene mutation) and aging can cause the same lipid elevations in the brain that are demonstrated in Parkinsons disease pathology (Photo: AFP)

Tough times made our brains grow large: Study

The study concluded that a combination of difficult environments and cultural processes likely caused human brain...

24 May 2018 1:26 PM IST

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Perks of having leg day at the gym

A new study found limiting physical activity decreased the number of neural stem cells by 70 percent compared to a...

24 May 2018 9:22 AM IST

This 1885 photo shows a side view of a human brain. In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals. And this three-pound organ sucks up fully 20 percent of the bodys energy needs. (Oscar G. Mason/J.C. Dalton/Philadelphia, Lea Brothers & Co. via AP)

Study offers new look at why our brains evolved to be so big

In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals.

24 May 2018 9:01 AM IST

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10 die in India outbreak of brain-damaging virus, spurring rush to...

The rare virus is spread by fruit bats.

23 May 2018 9:38 AM IST

Apnea that isnt properly treated has been linked with excessive daytime sleepiness, decreased quality of life, heart attacks, failure. (Photo: Pixabay)

5 minute trick to help you sleep faster on World Sleep Day

According to researchers merely writing down the tasks one needs to do the next day helps calm the brain and make one...

16 March 2018 3:02 PM IST