A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Researchers at McMaster University, Cleveland Clinic and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered how a protein long ...

Gene delivery systems can target specific brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Your brain burns fat during a marathon For his study, Matute and colleagues scanned the brains of 10 recreational runners using MRI before and after a marathon, and again two weeks to two months ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections.

What brain fog is—and what it isn’t While there is no universally agreed upon definition of brain fog—and many experts debate how useful the term is in a clinical setting—most scientists ...

Long considered solely a “sex hormone,” the boons of estrogen in the brain are many, with impacts on cognition, memory, mood, dementia risk, and more.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who show enhanced divergent thinking. People with frontotemporal dementia who sometimes experience a surge in creative expression.

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday ...

Among the brain regions identified as expressing nIL-1R1, the dentate gyrus (DG) was consistently highlighted, reaffirming its role as a key site for neuronal IL-1R1 expression.

Gamma brain waves are the fastest type of brain waves. Learn more about what they do, the effects of wave dysfunction, and how to boost levels.

The brain of the average adult weighs about 3 pounds; approximately 60 percent of that is fat, and the remaining 40 percent is a combination of water, protein, carbohydrates, and salts. It’s ...