A new study in rats provides evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) have opposing effects on brain function—and that combining the two produces more muted changes than THC ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

Walnuts serve as more than a simple snack, because they provide essential nutrients for brain health and sleep quality. The ...

Microplastics have been found in our lungs, guts, and even our blood. Now, researchers say they may reduce protective enzymes and proteins that keep neurons strong.

A new study in Science now promises to kick this dust up all over again: it has reported evidence of neural progenitor cells ...

Modern imaging is contributing significantly to giving us a better understanding of how our brains work. In the long term, this will also help us to treat learning disorders in a more targeted way and ...

The device can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery and could transform the treatment of Parkinson's ...

Dr Wendy Suzuki of NYU reveals that long-term stress and anxiety physically damage vital brain areas like the hippocampus and ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that’s thought to be more active when we sleep.

A whole-body control foundation model could help launch humanoid robots toward general-purpose capability, says Agility ...

Scientists characterized the largest sample of a neural circuit to date to improve artificial intelligence models and better ...

A layer deep in the cerebral cortex, which is the innermost layer of the mammalian brain, has recently been found to play a ...