Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise new ...

A study in mice finds that a high-sucrose diet during youth has long-term implications for learning and brain connectivity.

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Oxytocin is a hormone linked to bonding of all kinds—maternal, familial, romantic, social. In mice, the team found, the ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

Study insights could improve current understanding of neurodegenerative diseases as well as interpretations of brain scans.

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain ...

Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is a progressive neurological disease with an ...

Pain is an important physiological response in living organisms. While physical pain is an outcome of tissue damage, pain can ...

A 2023 study in Nature Reviews Psychology found that what they call “offline waking rest” is critical to deep thinking, ...