New research links high-fructose diets, especially from processed foods, to disrupted appetite signals and long-term brain changes ... ventromedial, lateral, arcuate, and dorsomedial nuclei ...

Reading is a highly valuable skill that allows humans to acquire new knowledge, pursue an education and complete a wide range ...

GNWT, by contrast, argues that consciousness occurs when certain information is “broadcast” across a network of brain regions ...

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...

Brad Smith is the third person in the world to get a brain chip implant with Elon Musk's Neuralink, and the first nonverbal ALS patient to do so.

GNWT, championed by French cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, argues that consciousness emerges when information ...

PSCAN, which enables minimally invasive, wide-field, high-resolution imaging of the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) in living mice. This technique allows detailed investigation of NTS activity and ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists are one step closer to developing a brain-computer interface, or BCI, that allows people with tetraplegia to restore their lost sense of touch.

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks that govern thought, behavior, and consciousness. It also explores how ...

In brain examinations, MRI revealed additional critical findings in cases of ventriculomegaly and posterior fossa malformations. "MRI prompted by abnormal brain ultrasound findings has a major ...

A new 3D "atlas" of the mouse brain, developed by Duke University School of Medicine and collaborators, promises to sharpen scientists' ability to measure brain changes and share findings across ...