What a person eats while pregnant could have a strong influence on their child’s brain structure and cognitive function for ...

A study has found that a mother's diet during pregnancy can have a long-lasting affect on a child's IQ and brain structure ...

Scientists studied 188 people related to someone with ALS caused by a C9ORF72 mutation to identify markers of disease risk in ...

Brain-wide association studies, which use magnetic resonance imaging to identify relationships between brain structure or function and human behavior or health, have faced criticism for producing ...

A new study published in Nature demonstrates that careful attention to study design can substantially improve the reliability of this type of research. For the study, Kaidi Kang, a biostatistics PhD ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a groundbreaking neuronal circuit model using zebrafish larvae that ...

Studies have revealed that obesity and eating disorders disrupt the brain's normal response to food entering the stomach and ...

A new fossil may revolutionize our understanding of bird brain evolution, shedding light on how the intelligence of modern ...

Ever find yourself leaving a social gathering wondering, "Did they like me?" or "Was that joke too much?" It turns out your ...

Researchers have uncovered how certain genetic mutations lead to unique spherical amyloid plaques in inherited forms of ...

We can now collect cell-count data across whole animal brains quantifying recent neuronal activity, gene expression, or anatomical connectivity. This is a powerful approach since it is a multi-region ...

Researchers at the University of Lausanne have identified a novel role for the brain’s ‘locus coeruleus’ in sleep and its ...