In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

Climber Alex Honnold is set to scale one of the world's tallest buildings without any ropes or safety nets.

Results showed that super agers were 68% less likely to have the destructive APOE-ε4 gene, compared to people with Alzheimer’s in the same age range. They also were 19% less likely to have APOE-ε4 ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

To navigate, the brain must convert changing sensations into a map-like sense of the world, which remains stable as the body moves. A new study finds that the fly brain sometimes performs the ...

Space shifts the position of the brain in the skull, causing orientation problems that could complicate plans to live on the ...

A new study finds that sleep timing is linked to dementia risk, as people with weak circadian rhythms face a 2.5 times higher risk of developing cognitive decline.

Adults who followed aerobic exercise guidelines showed slower brain aging on MRI, offering clues for midlife brain health.

Scientists uncover new synapse hotspots in the teen brain, challenging the old theory of synaptic pruning and its link to schizophrenia.

The study explains that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which normally moves during sleep to clear waste products accumulated in ...