Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

Scientists have found that adding a missing phospholipid back into the bloodstream might help improve blood flow and reduce ...

Researchers have discovered that increased blood flow leads to stiffness in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays important roles in learning and memory. The hippocampus is one of the ...

A wearable ultrasound patch could soon be saving lives, by monitoring the blood flow in hospital patients' brains. The device is only about the size of a postage stamp plus it works continuously, ...

Though it accounts for just two percent of the body’s weight, the brain consumes a whopping 20% of its total energy. To get the energy it needs for more complicated tasks, the brain has evolved a ...

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal appeared on a popular podcast wearing an unusual brain-monitoring wearable called Temple, sparking online buzz and memes as he explains how it tracks cerebral blood flow ...

Measuring blood flow in the brain is critical for responding to a range of neurological problems, including stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and vascular dementia. But existing techniques, ...

A new study in mice describes how the brain rapidly and efficiently increases blood flow to active areas where oxygen and nutrients are needed most. The work shows that the brain relies on a ...