The Brain Awareness Video Contest (BAVC) is an annual competition held by BrainFacts/the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) to showcase videos of entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and ...

The Essential Principles of Neuroscience Each essential principle is supported by fundamental concepts comparable to those underlying the U.S. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Consult the ...

Read the 2018 edition of Brain Facts as a PDF file. It's also available as ePUB and MOBI files, or listen to it as an audio book, available through Sound Cloud. Download the high-resolution version of ...

A 52-year-old white man visits his physician because he’s experiencing occasional blurry vision, muscle spasms, and increased fatigue. A bit unsteady on his feet, his coordination has been off. He’s ...

Vaping Among Teens Declines The proportion of teens who use e-cigarettes declined for the first time in three years, the CDC reported September 9. They surveyed more than 20,000 teens earlier this ...

A low BrainAGE score indicated the brain was aging slowly, while a high score corresponded to accelerated aging. Musicians had lower scores than non-musicians, and less signs of brain aging like the ...

About This page is a collection of news and resources about the challenges confronting the neuroscience community during this unprecedented time. An online group for SfN members looking to work ...

Fifi wondered if COVID-19 could be behind the mysterious rise in strokes. She and her colleagues hurried to publish their observations, hoping to warn doctors and the public to be on the alert.

Tarlov Cysts Tarlov cysts are sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid that most often affect nerve roots in the sacrum, the group of bones at the base of the spine. These cysts (also known as meningeal ...

It’s the middle of the night. Maybe you’re enjoying a pleasant dream or getting some well-needed rest. Then, suddenly, your leg feels like it’s on fire. You shoot up in bed. It’s that scourge of sleep ...

Smelling salts can revive someone who fainted, and some athletes have been spotted taking a whiff during games. How does this centuries-old treatment work? Storyboard and animation produced by ...

The body is a fine-tuned machine. Like any machine, it breaks down if the environment becomes too extreme. Our internal systems operate best at 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit (36.9 degrees Celsius). Under ...