A new study suggests fat deposits in the brain may play a larger role in Alzheimer's disease than previously thought.

Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

(Reuters) - More than 250 million years ago, Scotland was not veiled in mist and rain, as it often is today, but rather a desert blanketed in sand dunes. One of the denizens of this challenging ...

“So, the brain is growing because these creatures need to be able to adapt to their environments, and because this is ...

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place ...

No human can survive longer than a few minutes underwater, and even a well-trained Olympic swimmer needs frequent gulps of air. Our brains need a constant supply of oxygen, particularly during ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

A Mediterranean diet that ditched meat in favor of polyphenol-rich plant products like green tea and walnuts led to ...