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 ...

Most people recognize Alzheimer's from its devastating symptoms such as memory loss, while new drugs target pathological ...

To shed new light on the contribution of different brain regions and neural circuits to specific mental functions, ...

A layer deep in the cerebral cortex, which is the innermost layer of the mammalian brain, has recently been found to play a ...

Clinical has found that behavioral and emotional problems in children are linked to differences in the structure of brain ...

Researchers are investigating the mechanisms and identifying new areas of the brain that can benefit patients when stimulated. Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over ...

Researchers suggest that as well as serving as a biomarker, brain iron may become a future therapeutic target.

An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers ...

Discovering ways to regulate the BNST brain center may lead to new therapies for weight control and chemotherapy side effects.

But researchers were concerned about whether this procedure might have other, less desirable effects. What happens when the right and left sides of the cerebral cortex—responsible for an enormous ...