The human brain is constantly taking in information about the world through sight, touch, hearing and the other senses.

The gut-brain axis is a two-way biochemical hotline, with messages zipping back and forth all day long. When the gut is ...

A comprehensive review in the Journal of Neurology synthesizes decades of brain imaging evidence showing that Duchenne and ...

Ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a worm—how it processes information, responds to stimuli and perceives the world around it? Northeastern University researchers have opened up that can of ...

Neuroimaging shows that reading books you enjoy reshapes brain architecture and strengthens cognitive reserve across a ...

A study of 746 adults found that regular use of two languages is associated with greater gray matter volume and better memory ...

Brain scans of more than 1,600 young people suggest that the fine-grained tissue structure of the amygdala, hippocampus, and ...

(Eugene Mymrin/Moment RF/Getty Images) It's well known that alcohol has profound consequences on the way the brain works, and ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, ...

The brain's network of blood vessels plays a critical role in maintaining neurological health. Changes to these vessels are ...

A new normative modeling study in Genome Medicine used routine clinical MRI scans to chart brain structure in 22q11.2 ...

Scientists have discovered that a tiny midbrain structure anticipates visual and physical sensations before ...