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

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you ...

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

Social spiders reveal surprising brain adaptations, showing that teamwork - not bigger brains - drives cooperation, memory, ...

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

A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in ...

A new study has found that psychotherapy can lead to observable changes in the physical structure of the brain for people ...

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

A Cambridge researcher’s review suggests the brain’s ancient subcortex may sustain basic awareness, reshaping how science and ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains ...