The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

If you’ve ever looked at the abs of a footballer or the neck of a Formula 1 driver and admired their devotion to building and maintaining all that muscle, you might be surprised to know that a similar ...

CNN — Many of the ideas and metaphors in popular culture about how the human brain works don't stand up to scrutiny. That's a prevailing theme in Lisa Feldman Barrett's new book "Seven and a Half ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even ...