This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of ...

Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by a brain region called the striatum, which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that ...

A new study in mice identifies how stress during pregnancy affects fetal brain health, linking maternal immune activation to ...

Tufts University School of Medicine researchers developed imaging technology that records neuronal activity throughout the brain during the first weeks of recovery. They discovered that a head injury ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

A new study definitively reveals the existence of a system that had been theorized to clear metabolic wastes in the human brain. The study uses imaging in neurosurgery patients to show how brain's ...

Neuroscience shows traditional teaching is not enough. Instead, an experiential approach can return learning to its natural ...