Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

A single-letter change in a protein that guards brain cells against a toxic form of death may help explain why Alzheimer’s ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

Why do some people love Impressionist paintings like Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” (1906) while others can’t understand the hype? The question of aesthetic taste has stumped scholars for centuries.

New research reveals that even mild respiratory infections can leave lasting biological changes. However, COVID-19 stands ...

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Some call it brain freeze. Others call it an ice cream headache. You might hear a doctor call it a cold stimulus headache or refer to it by its scientific name, sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia. But ...

New research has found that viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19 can cause brain cells to fuse together and malfunction. The findings might explain the ‘brain fog’ and other neurological ...

Electroconvulsive therapy is highly effective in treating major depressive disorder, but no one knows why it works. New research suggests it may restore balance between excitation and inhibition in ...

New imaging reveals how subtle lung changes may influence sleep and brain activity years after COVID, offering clues to why symptoms persist even when routine tests look normal. Even without ...

A new study reveals the brain circuit behind parental care also controls helping behavior, offering clues about the roots of compassion.