Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Macaques are often studied because their brains share many similarities with human brains. However, this study revealed an ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...

Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. This condition is commonly caused by bacterial or viral infections. In some cases, meningitis can occur ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt thought and emotion, but their underlying biology has remained elusive ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

UK researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation that does not require surgery and could provide a treatment option for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s. The new technology has ...

Our personality traits are linked to differences in the thickness and volume of various parts of our brains, an international study has suggested. Those with thicker and less wrinkled outer layers of ...

Miniature "human brains" have been grown in a lab in a feat scientists hope will transform the understanding of neurological disorders. The pea-sized structures reached the same level of development ...