All of this motion has subtle but dramatic effects on the sleeping brain that the researchers are only beginning to ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old proteins onto other brain cells. Many of those proteins are involved in brain ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of ...

Imagine you're in line at your favorite bakery, deciding whether to have a doughnut or a tart. You weigh them up, the ...

For her new research on the brain’s plumbing system, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard had to hone many techniques. Among them ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting ...

Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have ...

In these animal models, pups exposed to rough care process maternal cues aberrantly. Instead of the mother’s presence calming the pup’s fear circuitry, it can increase activity in areas of the brain ...

The human brain, often hailed as nature’s most powerful computer, is surprisingly slow when it comes to handling information. While our senses gather a mountain of data every second, our actual ...

Most people want autism breakthroughs—but few know the crucial role brain donation plays in making them happen. Autism ...

What happens in the brain when someone witnesses toxic behavior in the workplace? Researchers at Rutgers Business School, in ...