A recent study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, has revealed that eating leads to the widespread opioid release in the human brain, likely...
In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, researchers have identified specific differences between the brains of females and males.
3D surface...
In a study in mice, a research team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that stem cells in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that controls...
According to new research published in the journal eLife, the dragonfly brain can perform visual tasks that were previously associated only with mammals.
Wiederman...
A recent study led by University of Illinois researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher levels of lutein — a nutrient found in green leafy...
According to new research presented at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the more regularly people report doing word puzzles...
An international group of researchers has created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, the encephalophone.
The encephalophone is a musical...
Playing video games may cause changes in many brain regions, according to a new review of previous research.
Palaus et al collected and summarized studies...
In a study published this week in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, researchers from Temple University and the Sapienza University of...
A new study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with increased risk of adverse...
Experiencing beauty requires thought, neuroscientists have found in a study that confirms a claim by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804),...
In a study published recently in the journal PLOS Biology, neuroscientists identified three gut bacteria species — Acetobacter pomorum, Lactobacillus...
In two separate studies, researchers have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memory functions are linked to immune-related genes.
The...
Researchers using data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a joint project of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Boston University, have...
Deprived of oxygen, African naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) can survive by metabolizing a type of sugar called fructose just as plants do, a new...
According to a study published recently in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, drinking a beetroot juice before exercise makes the brain of...
A new neural pathway has been identified by a group of neuroscientists that could underlie our ability to make the coordinated hand movements needed to...
Primate brain size is predicted by diet, indicates new research from New York University. The findings, just reported in the journal Nature Ecology and...
