A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

Mount SInai researchers identified the cortical amygdala – an olfactory cortical structure – as a key brain region in ...

A new study has found that men recovering from alcohol use problems tend to have less brain tissue in areas linked to ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, ...

From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, scientists were able to identify patterns of neurodegeneration and create metrics ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...