Although a woman’s ovaries produce the most estrogen, various types of estrogen are also synthesized throughout different tissues in the body, including the brain’s neurons. New research in The FEBS ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes, examined the effects of different mutations in the ADNP protein, which is essential for normal brain development and aging, on the brain ...

When Spain-based immunologist Irene Salinas, from the University of New Mexico in the United States, began searching for bacteria in the brains of healthy fish, it might have seemed like a futile task ...

There is a huge hole in our understanding of the brain. A gaping, woman-shaped hole. While neuroscience has given us countless insights into how our minds work, history reveals a major oversight ...

Researchers conducted a study on brain samples that had higher amounts of microplastics. The team determined that the particles grew by 50% in the brain in the last eight years. Scientists examined ...

This is likely because the pituitary gland, which is responsible for releasing luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), sits in the center of the female brain. When injured ...

While first responders arrive to assist the person, inside the brain, another set of responders ... respond differently in adult male versus female mice when given an enzyme inhibitor to block ...

Keon West could reel off anecdotes about the everyday racism he experiences – but he won’t. Personal accounts rarely convince anyone, he says, and, all too often, they are dismissed or put ...

Researchers have developed a method to study bird brains by creating digital endocasts from empty cranial spaces in bird skeletons. Using this technique, they discovered that physical brain tissues ...

JERUSALEM, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday released four Israeli female soldiers, who were exchanged for 200 Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Four female Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hamas have returned to Israel while 200 Palestinian prisoners ...