A new study published in the journal Addiction Neuroscience provides evidence that cannabidiol may help prevent the ...

Imagine the brain as an atlas of possibilities and risks. Genetic variants linked to depression affect its shape, subtly ...

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects ...

PHILADELPHIA— Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term ...

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study, a team of ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...