A University of Michigan study shows dopamine neurons fire during NREM sleep after motor learning, strengthening skills ...

Fasting has long been sold as a shortcut to weight loss, but a growing body of research suggests the real action may be ...

Scientists identified cellular metabolism and energy signaling as a central factor connecting genetic and environmental ...

Vividly imagining a positive interaction with someone can increase how much you like them — and even alter how your brain stores information about that person.

A bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our ...

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

We conclude that brain states are shaped by local circuit mechanisms, large-scale connectivity and neuromodulation. A unified multiscale theory of cortical dynamics is relevant not only for ...

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone. Too much cortisol over time may harm memory and brain health, but the cortisol-dementia link is complex and mostly correlational. Managing stress, sleep, ...

The brain-chemical surge that comes with running may bolster coordination and speed in the old and young alike, a new study of middle-aged mice shows. Such physical activity may help restore ease of ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A ...

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...