Although the research centered on mAChR4 within the gut, this signaling protein is also known to influence areas of the brain involved in habit formation, learning and addiction. Because individuals ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, ...

New research shows that your brain’s “true age” can shift dramatically depending on how you live, with optimism, restorative ...

A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Experts say graphic images, nonstop outrage, and the 24/7 negative news cycle don’t just upset us—they alter our stress response and harm mental health. The amygdala, shown in orange, serves as the ...

Scientists at Northern Arizona University are developing a promising new way to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier than ever before—by tracking how the brain uses sugar. Using tiny particles in the ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

Brain organoids can be a good step forward, assuming they are grown from induced human pluripotent stem cells. That allows us to sidestep ethical concerns about the use of human embryos, thereby ...

The FDA has approved a device that aims to treat depression by sending electric current into a part of the brain known to ...

A neurology nurse explains what we’re learning about Ozempic, GLP-1s, mood, cravings, brain fog, and long-term risks.

"Further follow-up at 3 and 6 months showed complete resolution of hypertension and a complete recovery from the stroke with ...