A new study suggests that where a person lives can be linked to their brain health and potential risk for dementia.

Researchers measured acetylcholine production in participants' brains at the beginning and end of the 10-week trial.

For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke recovery therapy.

Staying social lowers overall stress levels and increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, Kaiser points out. He ...

UVA researcher Ashley Brandebura helped uncover how a missing brain molecule may hold promise for treating Down syndrome.

Slow, sleep-like brain waves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

If it feels like you can't think straight, you might be experiencing hormonal changes, infections, or other conditions ...

Too much alone time during teenage years may do more than affect friendships. While some solitude is normal, persistent withdrawal may raise the risk of mental health issues later in life ...

The Braingeneers team will to test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time Artificial intelligence (AI) ...