Different groups of gigantic dinosaurs had different thermoregulatory strategies to help moderate brain temperatures in the face of high heat loads, according...
Habitual tea drinking has positive effects on brain organization and gives rise to greater efficiency in functional and structural connectivity, according...
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has identified four regions of the human genome associated with left-handedness in the general population...
A new study published in the JNeurosci shows that through selective breeding, humans have significantly altered the brains of different lineages of domestic...
Sleep is crucial for our survival, and many conditions, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s, are linked to...
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a thread-like ferromagnetic robot that can glide through complex...
A team of researchers at the University of Iowa has found that a single bout of aerobic exercise improves cognitive functions and working memory in older...
Human and non-human primate studies show that in adolescence, a time of increased reactive behavior, self control is limited.
A juvenile rhesus macaque...
According to a study published in the journal eNeuro (bioRxiv.org preprint), changes in vibration-sensitive neurons may equip forager honeybees for waggle...
Astrocytes, long considered to be passive elements in the brain, are required to establish long-lasting memories, according to a study in mice.
Astrocytes...
An international team of scientists has found alterations of task-based functional brain connectivity in a group of astronauts after a long-duration spaceflight....
A new study, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, suggests that more frequent social contact during early and midlife may build cognitive reserve, which...
Ghrelin, a hormone synthesized by endocrine cells of the stomach, is known as the ‘hunger hormone’ given its role in increasing appetite, meal initiation...
In a review paper published this week in the journal Trends in Plant Science, University of California, Santa Cruz’s Professor Lincoln Taiz and colleagues...
In a study done in mice, a team of researchers found that short-term bursts of exercise — the human equivalent of a weekly game of pickup basketball,...
A modified Atkins diet (very low carbohydrates and extra fat) may improve brain function and episodic memory, according to a small study of 14 older adults...
Leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells, informs the brain about sufficiency of fuel stores. When insufficient, leptin levels fall, triggering increases...
Cerebrovascular changes, including reduced cerebral blood flow, occur early in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and may accelerate disease progression....
