"Prolonged unrest can quickly erode people’s sense of stability," Dr. Nearney says, disrupting everything from sleep and ...

Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could open the door to more ...

Men’s brains shrink faster with age, yet women remain far more likely to develop Alzheimer’s — and no one fully knows why.

Previous research investigating sex differences in brain ageing has shown mixed results, Ravndal adds. Several studies have ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Researchers have discovered “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that may explain why forgetting lunch can lead to ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development and function of the ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs appear to slow the speed at which alcohol enters the bloodstream, which diminishes its effects ...

Researchers have discovered some good news about the march of time, and there’s less to dread and more to celebrate.

By studying how retronasal odors trigger taste-like brain activity, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have ...