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These findings suggested that some biological changes associated with old age could be at least partially reversed by restoring Menin activity in a specific group of brain cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

When Menin activity decreased, this pathway became less active, reducing the amount of D-serine available to the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

An even larger picture emerged in January 2025, when scientists published a detailed analysis of approximately 1.2 million mouse brain cells in Nature.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The researchers discovered that some of the brain cells most sensitive to aging were concentrated around the third ventricle, a fluid-filled cavity in the hypothalamus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Their brain injuries usually follow surgery to remove a tumor from deep inside the frontal cortex.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

But our brains aren’t computers and physics has yet to fully explain consciousness — that’s why they call it a hard problem.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

It's not known exactly what causes bipolar, but people with it appear to have physical changes in their brains and it often runs in families.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The 82-year-old is the brains behind the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a telescope embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice that detects neutrinos -- particles with almost no mass that seldom interact with other matter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Wonderstruck, then wounded, then wondering why, Carrie is targeted by the standard-issue coven of teen-movie witchery—the vicious, the stupid, and the one with just enough brains to understand right from wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Alfred was a man of powerful physique, and had the brains and executive powers of a major-general,” the tutor recalled.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Hours before or after they passed, another member of the human family, likely the smaller brained, big-jawed Paranthropus, hurried along the same shoreline.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024

They found that the larger brained primate species did not solve the fruit-finding puzzle more efficiently than smaller brained mammals.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022

At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years.

From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022

Raizel and I scooted out of the way to avoid being brained by one.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is the Tessino, braining itself in cataracts.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend

They succeed; but not without difficulty, and a free handling of handspikes—almost braining the apes before they consent to relinquish it.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid

Both men ducked instinctively, to escape a braining.

From The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance

Oh the demons, they were cackling while he sat devouring a great moose joint, until he was close to braining them with the yellow ball of the joint.

From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien