Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

Alterations in the size and structure of fetal brain regions have been linked to increased exposure to air pollutants, particularly during the middle and later stages of pregnancy. Key changes ...

When a sound repeats steadily—like a drumbeat, a bell, or even a clock ticking—it doesn’t just echo in your ears. Deep inside your brain, something far more interesting happens.

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

Sleep disorders may lead to structural brain changes, cognitive decline, and neurological disease. Here’s what science says about the risk.

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

This manuscript provides valuable information on the neurodynamics of emotional processing while participants were watching movie clips. The methods and results were solid in deciphering the ...

More human research is still needed to confirm the benefits and safety of most nootropic supplements. None are FDA-approved for brain function. Fish oil, ginkgo biloba, and creatine are three ...

In non-human primate (NHP) studies to date, a single IV infusion of CAP-003 resulted in dose-dependent increases in GCase activity in critical brain regions including the substantia nigra, frontal ...

The My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team, shares the stories about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.

The radioligand [11C] N-methylspiprone (NMSP) has been used to assess relative and absolute D2 dopamine receptor densities in the living human brain with positron emission tomography (PET). In those ...