A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

Summary: Researchers discovered how the brain develops reliable visual processing once the eyes open. Early on, visual inputs and modular brain responses are mismatched, creating inconsistent patterns ...

Prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos is associated with altered brain structure, function, and metabolism, with a duration into late childhood and adolescence.

“Overworking” may alter the structure of the brain, new research suggests. The findings, published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found that working 52 hours or more per week ...

Anyone who has taken a yoga class knows how relaxing it can be to set aside the day's worries and focus on breathing, gentle ...

The device can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery and could transform the treatment of Parkinson's ...

Subhash Pandey and other researchers at UIC's Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics will continue their work on how long-term alcohol use affects the structure and function of brain cells. Pandey ...

A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging – how global warming is impacting the human brain. In a paper published today in Nature Climate Change, an international team of ...

New research has found that being overworked can physically alter the brain. Researchers in South Korea set out to understand how working long hours impact the cognitive and emotional health of ...

Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term cognitive ...