New research from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) reveals how two different parts of the brain's memory ...

Summary: For decades, scientists have known that the protein tau acts like a wildfire in the brain, leaping from region to ...

A major discovery reveals that metformin works not just in the body, but in the brain. By switching off a key protein and activating specific neurons, the drug lowers blood sugar through a previously ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated ...

Scientists have long known that stress and addiction travel together, but the biological connection between a hard day and a ...

How do brain regions communicate? Researchers introduce a new optogenetic method to target long-distance circuits in ...

A 2025 paper in npj Dementia analyzed MRI scans from more than 10,000 people and found that current smokers had lower ...

A newly studied hormone is revealing an unexpected connection between metabolism and the brain. A hormone that can reverse ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a surprising neurological cause of high blood pressure, opening the door to entirely new ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...