When we learn a new skill, our brain forms new connections between the neurons. The more we do the new skill, the stronger ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

A new study has identified a specific neural pathway that connects the brain’s processing of internal states to the formation ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

The team made this discovery through advanced imaging techniques and electrophysiology to observe how the rodents transmitted the sensation of cool temperatures from skin to brain. "These tools have ...

When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

Brain health is critical to the preservation of memory, attention and quality of life as we age. Neurologists stress that by ...