MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

Imagine losing your ability to speak or move, yet still having so much to say. For Brad G. Smith, this became his reality after being diagnosed with ALS, a rare and progressive disease that attacks ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Ruth Lanius, Lauren Rudolph, and Dr. Breanne Kearney. Trauma is an insult to the senses, leaving a lasting impact: It affects what we see, hear, and feel, and how we ...

Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose—a widely used sugar substitute—increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to a new USC study.

Researchers discovered that altering the body’s natural rhythm can help protect the brain from Alzheimer’s damage. By turning off a circadian protein in mice, they raised NAD+ levels and reduced ...

Timothy Ryan, PhD, runs a lab at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, where the team focuses on studying synapses and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Like most teams, they kick around lots of ...