When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

For the first time, real-time imaging tracks what happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain, identifying a new strategy to prevent brain tumors. Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from ...

Scientists are testing a strikingly simple idea for calming some of the brain’s most stubborn seizures: remove the aging cells that seem to be fanning the flames. Instead of cutting out large pieces ...

Scientists have identified damaged brain “cleanup” cells called tanycytes as a possible reason toxic tau builds up in Alzheimer’s disease.

Dagmar Turner wasn’t just showing off when she played the violin during her brain surgery at King’s College Hospital in London. Surgeons asked the 53-year-old to play her instrument to ensure that the ...

University of Michigan researchers published a study in September, revealing that brain tumors rewire the use of glucose to fuel growth. By removing a specific amino acid from a patient’s diet, tumor ...