Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...

The brain shows a capacity to recover from traumatic injury, which somewhat contradicts the widely accepted idea that neurons ...

The seemingly simple act of reaching for a cup of coffee requires a lot of effort from the brain. It has to plan a trajectory to the cup, control dozens of muscles, make adjustments based on feedback ...

Following brain injury, mice show sex differences in how their surviving cells compensate to promote recovery.

The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation, shows a new study in mice. The brain can direct the immune system to an ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand how it works have pushed the boundaries of brain-imaging technologies. A new ...

New research tracks how THC exposure during pregnancy disrupts fetal brain development and leads to sustained structural ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We spend one-quarter to one-third of our lives sleeping, but while we rest, the brain remains ...

The social network company hopes neuroscience will give it an advantage in the AI race. Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text just by thinking.

The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

It has to plan a trajectory to the cup, control dozens of muscles, make adjustments based on feedback from the eyes and fingers, and maintain its focus on the goal: a tasty jolt of caffeine. And it ...