The human brain is made up of billions of interconnected cells that are constantly talking to each other. A new Nature study zooms in to the single-cell level to see how this cellular communication ...

For the new study, the researchers used postmortem human brain tissue from donors with and without PTSD. They also analyzed tissue from individuals who had been diagnosed with MDD—which is often ...

Sources: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy For Treatment-Resistant PTSD Brain Stimulation DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2025.03.007 Dynamic Brains and the Changing Rules of Neuroplasticity: Implications for ...

More information: Ahyeon Hwang et al, Single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin dynamics of the human brain in PTSD, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09083-y ...

Trauma leaves traces in the brain. A study of alterations in gene regulation in the brains of people with post-traumatic stress disorder offers insights into its biology.

The Centers for Disease Control recently reported that a 71-year-old woman died in Texas in 2024 from a rare brain infection caused by tap water in her RV. She used that water to wash out her nose.

A 71-year-old woman in Texas has died from a rare and fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a "brain-eating amoeba," after using a nasal irrigation device filled with unboiled tap water ...

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