According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise understanding of what happens in different areas of the cerebral cortex during ...

A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

Dr Wendy Suzuki, a professor at New York University, warned that one common habit is not so good for the brain ...

Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 percent of its total energy. To stay within budget, the brain must be highly ...

I T IS HARD to overstate the importance of sleep. Regular hours of rest offer organisms of all sizes a chance to consolidate ...

Healthy, nutritious foods that are of high quality, taste good, and are satisfying can help people maintain a healthy weight, added Didier. "We already see [our] chefs being excited by the opportunity ...

The development, which enables researchers to see how neuron-specific waves travel through the brains of mice in real time, led to the discovery of three types of brain waves that move in directions ...

Blood tests could pave the way for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and some dementias, aiding early treatment for brain diseases.

Molecular markers in cerebrospinal fluid may help predict if people with SMA type 2 or type 3 will respond to treatment with ...

The 54-year-old Bell, who was executed by Florida officials on Tuesday, spent four chaotic months at the Arthur G. Dozier ...