Resilience relies on the brain’s ability to regulate emotion, adapt, and recover. Myelin plasticity helps speed up and stabilize resilient brain responses. Genes like FKBP5 and BDNF affect how people ...

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"Your brain actually chemically biologically shrinks to make way for a part of your brain that in fact enlarges when you become a mom," Shlesinger says. (Marcus Ubungen / Los Angeles Times ...

Drink less alcohol - Drinking too much alcohol can cause the parts of the brain that control memory to shrink. Don't smoke ... and cause inflammation and stress in cells.

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger takes the word "special" very seriously, and not just because she's done a lot of them (seven, to be exact). It's because when she hits the stage, the goal is to leave a ...

Researchers believe that individual differences in brain structure and the extent of brain shrinkage caused by Alzheimer’s could have played a role. In future studies, scientists plan to use ...

Bigger, bulkier sneakers have dominated the fashion landscape, but designers are moving toward a sleeker peekaboo style. Credit...Clockwise from top left; Maison Margiela; Nike; Puma; Miu Miu ...

Also, exercise helps modulate neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers that carry signals between nerve cells and control our mood and stress. These exercises also stimulate your digestive ...

China's imports unexpectedly contracted during the January-February period, while exports slowed down, as increasing tariff pressures from the United States impacted the recovery in the world's second ...

Their Phase II clinical trials found that Alzheimer’s patients exposed to 40Hz light and sound showed slower brain shrinkage and some cognitive improvements compared to those who were not treated.