A large study has found that physical exercise helps maintain brain size as we age—regardless of body mass.

Recent advances in electronics and optics have opened new possibilities for terahertz (THz) waves—an invisible type of light ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

The CT and MRI picture of an abscess can mimic that of a tumor. They often occur at the grey-white junction ... can occur in the epidural and subdural space as well as in the brain parenchyma.

Pineal parenchymal tumors. Also known as mixed pineal tumors ... malignant tumor likely to invade and spread to nearby tissue in the brain and spine. Pineoblastomas are aggressive and the ...

They are deep in the brain and can cause hydrocephalus by blocking the cerebrospinal fluid pathways. There are different types of pineal tumors with distinct behaviors, including pineocytomas, pineal ...

Hematoxylin and eosin staining of a frozen section examined intraoperatively shows brain parenchyma with atypical ... revealed a heterogeneously enhancing mass in the left frontal lobe with ...

Ependymomas occur in children and adolescents near the brain surface ... rarely in the subtentorial cerebellar hemisphere parenchyma. The possibility of SFTs should be considered when the isolated ...

The authors explained that although most renal tumors merely displace parenchyma, others can obliterate and replace healthy nephrons as they advance. “Although this can be appreciated clinically ...

However, due to secondary trauma, transplant rejection, and increased incidence of brain malignant tumor, a non-invasive therapy that ... of AAV vector named AAV-PHP.eB which can transfect brain ...

A brain tumor diagnosis can be daunting. Nurses are on the front lines connecting patients to available resources and walking them through the best treatment options. Compared with that of other ...