A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease—and an active drug that can restore impaired ...

Experts warn that frequent overeating can damage brain function, raise dementia risk and trigger diabetes, heart disease and ...

Charles Hillman has known for a long time that exercise has a positive impact on the brain. This effect has been demonstrated ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

UVA researchers found even minor trauma can disrupt the brain’s cleanup system, allowing harmful proteins to build up over ...

The field of cognitive neuroscience has increasingly turned its attention to the detrimental effects of hypoxia on brain and cognitive functions. While significant progress has been made in ...

Anxiety distorts perceptions of threat, magnifying worry. New findings suggest a diet tweak that can help sufferers.

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are still fairly common and an estimated 40 million people worldwide are ...

Objectives To date, consistent evidence for consequences of heading in football (soccer) on the structure and function of the ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal ...

Unfinished tasks occupy your brain differently than completed ones. Discover why "done" matters more than "perfect"—and how ...