A New Brain-Stimulation System Adjusts Itself by Watching the Brain in Real Time A research team has introduced a new...

A nerve in the hand may be only a few millimeters wide, yet severing it can alter the brain’s detailed...

A new study has revealed that astrocytes—long regarded primarily as support cells for neurons—can directly control the brain circuits that...

A symptom long regarded as one of Parkinson’s disease’s most visible and disruptive signatures may carry an unexpected message about...

A molecule produced every time the brain breaks down dopamine is emerging as a possible missing link between dopamine imbalance...

Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with the accumulation of tau, a neuronal protein that normally helps organize and stabilize...

Cold is more than an uncomfortable sensation. For mammals, falling environmental temperatures trigger a coordinated emergency programme involving the brain,...

The brain’s language network may be visible even when a person is silent, relaxed, or focused on something completely unrelated...

Parkinson’s disease may alter one of the brain’s most fundamental calculations: whether an action is worth the effort it demands....

Computed tomography has transformed modern medicine by allowing clinicians to see inside the body without surgery, but the technology has...