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

As a neurobiologist trained in brain physiology, a fitness enthusiast and a mom, I spend hours at the local pool during the summer. It’s not unusual to see children gleefully splashing and swimming ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler’s story—one that, upon a second look, offers clues it was false. When the brain fires up the ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

A shaky hand, a racing heart, a wave of dread; alcohol withdrawal can feel like your body has turned against you. For many ...

A collaborative effort has shed valuable light on how monoamine neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine, and now histamine help regulate brain physiology and behavior through chemical bonding of ...

Northwestern University research has provided direct experimental evidence that gut microbes influence brain function and ...

The temporal evolution of a hidden, low-dimensional and organism-wide process, inferred from measuring the pupil of an eye, has been shown to account for complex spatio-temporal patterns of brain ...

To study how a key chemical neuromodulator affects signaling in the brain's cortex, Garrett Neske, PhD, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation, a nonprofit ...

Genuine smiles activate both mouth and eye muscles, while fake smiles involve only the lips, revealing emotional authenticity through facial cues.

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. With Silicon Valley pouring billions into ...