Brain volume and function are altered in individuals with opioid use disorder, a new Yale study finds. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), researchers observed the ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June ...

The distribution of wealth between different people living in specific geographical regions has changed substantially over ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

New research indicates that a pregnant mother’s exposure to a class of persistent synthetic chemicals is associated with ...

In lieu of animal experiments, researchers from the University of Rochester are using state-of-the-art microchips with human ...

A research team led by Professor Dong-Woo Cho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH) and Professor Jinah Jang (Departments of Mechanical Engineering, IT Convergence Engineering, Life Sciences ...

A 2023 study found that shorter sleep duration causes reduced brain cortical thickness. Sleep disorders increase the risk of Alzheimer’s, stroke, and cognitive decline. Chronic sleep deprivation ...