Compared to light activity, six minutes of vigorous exercise produces 5 times more BDNF, the protein that supports brain ...

Summary: A developmental neurobiology breakthrough uncovered a previously unmapped molecular pathway that regulates brain ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the ...

A new study shows that the widely used antidepressant fluoxetine does more than boost serotonin levels: it changes how brain cells manage their energy and rebuild their connections, potentially ...

A study in mice by a Harvard Medical School (HMS)-led research team has reported new insights into what is happening in the brain while we daydream. The study, through which the researchers tracked ...

Groundbreaking neurobiologist, Dr. Gina Turrigiano heads up the Turrigiano Lab in Brandeis University’s Biology Department. Dr. Turrigiano’s work focuses on brain plasticity. Our conversation covered ...

Harvard Medical School researchers identified a cortisol-driven pathway that regulates critical-period closure in the ...

A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites - not a shared site - to achieve different types of ...

For much of modern history, the brain was seen as largely fixed by the end of childhood. Intelligence, personality, and ability were believed to follow a mostly predetermined biological path.

New research suggests intermittent fasting may improve memory, focus, and brain function by triggering beneficial changes in ...

A new study found two recurring brain connectivity patterns in autism. One was linked to synapses and the other to immune ...