The Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) in the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Korea, is developing new neuroimaging approaches to explore biophysics, physiology, and biology, and ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

A few minutes beside trees or water can shift the brain into a calmer state. That change is not just a feeling.

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

New research for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications for conditions ranging from multiple ...

How do scientists peer into the brain to better understand what is happening, where, and why? By taking advantage of the brain’s electromagnetic properties or by sending radioactive markers into the ...

That mid-afternoon mental fog might be preventable with a simple addition to your morning meal. Recent scientific research suggests that incorporating walnuts into breakfast could significantly ...

Your brain does not start the day at full power. It is shifting from sleep into alertness. During that transition, light, movement, food, hydration, and stress cues begin steering the day. Sleep ...

Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.

About two daily servings of this common crunchy snack could increase verbal memory and blood flow to the brain Getty A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts ...

After 24 hours without smoking, the brain experiences intense nicotine withdrawal symptoms—including irritability, anxiety, and cravings—as the body eliminates toxins. While brain chemistry adjusts to ...

For people with traumatic brain injuries, cognitive functions like memory, attention and mood regulation can become exceedingly difficult. But “there is no therapy for this kind of problem, even ...