Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

Language is more strongly controlled by the left half of the brain, while other functions are more strongly controlled by the ...

The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new ...

From advancements in male birth control to the science of supplements, Scientific American highlights some of the most ...

Scientists say their new insights into how a key brain protein works could help resolve a long-standing question in molecular neuroscience. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health a ...

Using lab-grown brain tissue, researchers uncovered complex patterns of neural signaling that differ subtly between healthy ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date ...