A new Alzheimer's treatment side effect that results in brain swelling may have an upside, according to a new study from ...

How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much ...

Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can ...

A University of Michigan AI model diagnoses more than 50 brain disorders from MRI scans in seconds, with up to 97.5 percent ...

Study could help reveal why some mental health disorders vary between men and women — but it's not clear whether the differences are due to sex or gender.

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

Menopause reshapes the brain in surprising ways — but it may also reveal the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt.

Heavy leg exercises may increase production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth and maintenance of nerves in the brain, Carbone said. This process, called ...

Recent research reveals we dip into a sleeplike state as our brains flush out waste buildup.

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential for a severe or even fatal fall; a disturbance in the smooth interplay of ...

Emily Johnston, a writing studies professor at UC Merced, has researched how the act of writing rewires the brain to build ...