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 ...

But changes in the brain’s wiring and structure will continue to some degree throughout a person’s life. Even after it has reached its mature state, the brain is plastic, reforming parts of ...

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 led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a ...

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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 ...