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 ...

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

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have mapped the molecular landscape of the mouse hippocampus, a ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This reliability allows the brain to recognize the same object each time it is seen. Our ...

Brain imaging methods like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to characterize structural differences in the brains of children with attention-deficit ...

Spending endless hours in front of the computer or rushing from one task to another is a daily grind for many modern women. But a recent study indicates that working more than 52 hours a week could be ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — "My family is well accustomed to losing loved one's by suicide," said Jordan Dorn. It's hard to imagine anyone could say that, but Jordan Dorn's family can. Five of Dorn's ...

Scientists have uncovered how the brain reroutes its communication pathways depending on whether it’s processing something ...

Researchers discovered how the brain flexibly switches communication pathways depending on context, balancing between memory ...

Scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which nanoplastics impair brain energy metabolism, offering new clues into environmental contributions to neurodegeneration.