The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a ...

The challenges of connecting molecular changes to tissue structure and highlights the potential of multifractal frameworks to quantify complex biological patterns ...

The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

You’ve probably heard people use the term “brain fog” to describe times when they felt like their brain function was slightly off. It’s often associated with symptoms like trouble concentrating, a ...