Now, two new studies from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published April 7 in Cell, detail the steps of an intricate brain-immune crosstalk that accounts for ...

This suggests that our brain is wired to handle more intricate social processing than those of our primate relatives. Our brain is wired up to be social. These findings challenge the idea of a ...

A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat. A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits.

Now, two new studies from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published April 7 in Cell, detail the steps of an intricate brain-immune crosstalk that accounts for ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...

Researchers examined brain activity during lucid dreams ... opens the door to a deeper understanding of lucid dreaming as an intricate state of consciousness by pointing to the possibility ...

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is ...

the brain consists of neurons and synapses — the tiny, specialized connections at which neurons communicate. To reveal these intricate structures, the MICrONS team used a technique called volume ...

Five nurses have been diagnosed with brain tumors, and still others have health concerns, but the hospital says tests showed "there is not an environmental risk" to staff or patients Cara Lynn ...

It’s never too early or too late to start, but time is of the essence when it comes to building your brain’s defenses, especially since it’s generally impossible to reverse brain damage once ...