A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers have identified a brain protein whose absence leads to memory loss and Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice.

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

Every time we smile, grimace, or flash a quick look of surprise, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating ...

Studies show the menstrual cycle changes certain brain regions. But they don’t reveal whether that’s connected to emotional fluctuations. Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

The human brain grows in size and creates new neural pathways during the first nine years of life, which begin at birth. The ...