Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos is associated with altered brain structure, function, and metabolism, with a duration into late childhood and adolescence.

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you ...

Researchers found that DMT significantly reduced infarct volume and edema formation in a rat stroke model. In both animal ...

New research shows fat in arms, legs, torso, and around organs affects brain health differently, with visceral fat tied to ...

Recent insights into brain functioning challenge the long-standing belief that brain wiring is the primary determinant of intelligence and behavior. It appears that it’s not just about how the brain ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...