The unusual adaptation is known as Dehnel's phenomenon, named for Polish zoologist August Dehnel, who first described the ...
A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...
They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...
The common shrew looks unremarkable, a few grams of fur and teeth scurrying under leaf litter. Yet this tiny mammal performs ...
Where your body stores fat may matter just as much as how much you carry—especially for your brain. Using advanced MRI scans and data from nearly 26,000 people, researchers identified two surprising ...
The human brain requires constant nourishment to maintain its complex network of billions of neurons, yet certain foods actively work against optimal brain function. While most people focus on foods ...
A new study published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the human brain does not simply shrink with age but changes shape in consistent and measurable ways. The research suggests that ...
An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...