In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

That sharp flinch during a violent movie scene is familiar to many people. A hand slams, a body falls, and your own muscles ...

The effects of depression may infiltrate your very bones – and conversely, your bones may send penetrating messages all the ...

Researchers found differences in how brain regions work together during certain cognitive tasks, which may help clinicians ...

Researchers found that a good night’s sleep may help the brain clear proteins tied to Alzheimer’s.

Mount Sinai and BPGbio scientists uncover novel molecular drivers from live brain samples that direct human brain structure ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

For decades, researchers have attempted to pinpoint the specific areas of the brain responsible for human intelligence. A new ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...