Brain

Philip Bayly has spent years trying to figure out the best way to jiggle a brain. The mechanical engineer is part of a team of researchers at Washington…

Diagnosing traumatic brain injury faster so treatment can start right away is the focus of a $5 million research project centered at Fort Leonard Wood and…

When Washington University neurosurgeons Albert Kim and Eric Leuthardt aren’t teaching, researching or performing surgery, they often think of creative…

Children with concussions should be able to continue exercising and using electronics, according to new treatment guidelines from the American Academy of…

St. Louis researchers have used a strain of the Zika virus to shrink highly lethal brain tumors in mice. The study, run by Washington University and the…

A federal initiative to find cures for brain disorders is granting $3.8 million to Washington University researchers and their collaborators.The group is…

74-year-old John Rush is trying to find the word for a type of fruit pictured on a card in front of him. He can’t see it, but other participants in this…

Movies can sometimes feel very real, bringing up emotions and even physical reactions as we watch them.Washington University cognitive neuroscientist…

An international brain mapping project led by Washington University has released its first set of results.The Human Connectome Project is a five-year…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 20, 2012 - Following some late night editing about a month ago, Nine Network producer Ruth Ezell…