The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

Gifu University scientists have uncovered how a brain-specific enzyme reshapes protein-linked sugar chains to facilitate the formation of complex glycans essential for normal brain function. These ...

Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, interfered with speech, and stimulating specific tissues could lead to specific ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right side can, after a turn, become a headwind. To stay on course, the fly's ...

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 ...

Just 150 minutes of weekly aerobic exercise may help keep your brain younger, and your mind sharper, well into the future.

Contemporary nutrition science has been gathering evidence that increasing consumption of choline is related to better long-term brain health. Eggs are rich in choline.