The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

Scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center have warned that exposure to air pollution can have serious consequences for children's developing brains. However, a new study has shown that ...

Our brains have to do a lot of work when we watch a movie. There are plots to follow, dialogue to interpret, visuals to take in, and more. Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human ...

Intermittent energy restriction for weight loss leads to coordinated changes across the brain, gut, and microbiome axis.

A significant, long-term reduction in calorie consumption resulted in a slowing of aging in the brain, according to a study of rhesus monkeys recently published in Aging Cell. The study was conducted ...

Alzheimer’s is an incurable disease that reshapes lives long before taking them. It's a painful condition that medical ...