The smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped -- a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by disease.

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies ... Boosting the recycling process known as autophagy — impaired in the brain during prolonged stress — has the potential to restore normal ...

In doing so, he adopted an expansive view of national security, one that encompasses agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. International ...

Jonah called out the actress in a since-deleted Instagram comment Wednesday after a critic labeled his father as “creepy as hell” for flying to New York City to chat with Zegler about her ...

Led by a team from Washington University in St. Louis, the research focuses on vessels around the brain called meningeal lymphatics, the brain cleaners in chief. These vessels are part of the larger ...

While research shows that exercising and a nutritious diet help, adding the best foods for brain health to your plate is a great place to start. Maggie Moon, M.S. R.D., LA-based registered ...

Mapping the density, molecular features and energy-transformation capacity of cell organelles called mitochondria in the brain reveals region- and cell-type-specific variability that tracks with ...

"Time is brain. Every second, neurons are dying, so we need to get blood back to the brain as quickly as possible," Yakhkind says. Returning blood to the brain is necessary when a patient has an ...

“This study provides an x-ray view into the battery that powers the brain,” said Henry Markram, Professor of Neuroscience at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, the senior ...

Lily Stewart, the University of Georgia sorority girl whose cheerful mugshot recently captured the internet's attention, has found herself in trouble again—this time facing charges of obstruction and ...

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Summary: A new study reveals how the brain reprocesses and refines memories during sleep, particularly those related to spatial learning. Researchers tracked rats’ hippocampal neuron activity for up ...