This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts every day for 16 weeks. Scientists found ...

The first few hours after waking up helps build momentum for the rest of the day, offering a sense of purpose and structure ...

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial ...

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 ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener commonly found in products like chewing gum, soft drinks and tabletop sweeteners, but ...