Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

A new study reports that prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos is associated with lasting changes in the ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

New research shows fat in arms, legs, torso, and around organs affects brain health differently, with visceral fat tied to ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Biochemistry has made a decisive discovery about the ...

Political views are tied to brain structure, study suggests. April 7, 2011— -- Amid the looming prospect of a government shutdown, the clock is ticking for Democrats and Republicans to strike a ...

Social spiders reveal surprising brain adaptations, showing that teamwork - not bigger brains - drives cooperation, memory, ...

Researchers used AlphaFold3, the latest AI-based protein modeling system, to predict the structures of all 25 known human ...