What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known as the circadian rhythm. One of these genes is the so-called CLOCK gene, a ...

A new study suggests the brain begins making decisions much earlier than scientists previously thought. Researchers found ...

Pharmacodynamic effects in the human brain and energy metabolism biomarker data presented at AAIC support further clinical development of VNA-318 in Alzheimer’s disease ...

(Daisy-Daisy/iStock/Getty Images) Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates ...

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 ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

Implantable brain devices—from deep brain stimulation to a new generation of brain-computer interfaces—can help people with ...