This photo shows an earphone-type electroencephalograph developed by a venture company. (Mainichi/Kouki Matsumoto) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the ...

How does the brain clean itself during sleep? A new ultrafast MRI method tracks cerebrospinal fluid flow without contrast ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which affects approximately 2.5% of adults, remains poorly understood from a ...

An EEG-derived brain age index predicted dementia risk across five cohorts. Each 10-year increase in the brain age index was linked with a 39% higher dementia risk. The findings indicate that the ...

Electrical oscillations in one part of the brain suggest that it may interact with another to guide body movements The network oscillations in the cerebral cortex occur due, in part, to gap junctions ...

life support, researchers at the University of Michigan found that brain waves in some patients' brains surged just before they stopped functioning. It has been speculated that this finding may have ...

The large red blob (left) indicates an increase in the timing, or synchronization, between brain waves measured over the medial frontal cortex and right lateral prefrontal cortex. This enhanced timing ...

In the treatment of epilepsy, there is a case where a treatment method called 'embedding electrodes on or inside the brain' is used. The research team received this treatment and asked four epilepsy ...

You’re lying on an operating table. A doctor injects a milky white liquid into your veins. Within a minute, your breathing slows, your face relaxes, and you remain limp when asked to squeeze a hand.