The most basic assumption about how psychedelic medicine works is at least partially flawed: Psychedelics are altering not ...

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

New research suggests that the most ancient evolutionary parts of the brain could be contributing to consciousness.

Scientists mapped brain development before birth, revealing DNA changes linked to autism and schizophrenia risk.

Painless brain imaging can map elevated pulsation of microvessels, which is potentially connected to memory loss and ...

The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that of an adult may allow them ...

The mind isn’t the brain. It’s what the brain does. It runs on emotion, filters, and loops. Understand it, and you can begin ...

The real-world takeaway? Exercise remains one of the most effective ways to boost circulating mature BDNF. Making muscles ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, Hameroff says, scientists don’t know whether the microtubules disintegrate and release the tau or whether the tau falls off because of a malfunction that weakens the bond. The ...

Alzheimer's is a degenerative condition, which means its symptoms slowly emerge over numerous years. Generally, the initial ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

Exploring the relationship between cancer cells and nerve cells, which can signal tumors to grow, could unearth ways to slow disease.