The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...
An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all ...
A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...
At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your ...
Parts of the brain that are used more develop more synapses, hence more mass. Rather than systematically degenerating, older adults' brains seem to preserve what they use, at least in part. Brain ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...
A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...
A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.
Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...