New research reveals how physical activity may directly preserve brain structure and support memory function as you age.

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

Research increasingly shows that everyday lifestyle choices, including diet, play an important role in preserving brain ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

Computational models show that even subtle modifications in the synaptic protein CaMKII completely alter the resulting protein structures. Given how the formation and stability of these structures ...

Using an experimental drug called FP802, researchers blocked the protein pair from binding and saw effects of the ...

A new deep-brain BCI from Tsinghua University uses the lateral ventricles to record neural signals. This "lantern" electrode ...

Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association ...

The extreme mental and physical fatigue brought on by long COVID may be a result of structural changes in the brain, new research suggests. These observable changes not only promise to improve the ...

Imagination is one of the most powerful things our brains can do. We can relive past events while taking a walk, rehearse ...

COVID-19 may shrink the brain's gray matter, primarily in areas of the brain involved in smell and memory processing, a large ...

Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why ...