In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have discovered that rhythmic muscle movements in the gut could explain how blood vessels in the brain work together.

Some writers have framed this entire picture in terms of two broad modes of brain function, which they call The Two Modes of Brain Function. In that framing, The Outer Brain, Fast and Efficient, is ...

A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image.

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Parkinson’s patients experienced 2.5 times better symptom improvement when doctors targeted a specific brain network rather than adjacent areas. This breakthrough challenges decades of understanding ...

Most people know which foods to avoid for a healthy heart. Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...