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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

A new study reports that prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos is associated with lasting changes in the ...

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

New research suggests consuming lots of sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose can quicken the rate of decline in middle age ...