Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart and brain – with major ...

"When engineering a computer, you need to know the circuitry of the central processing unit. If you don't know how everything is wired together, you can't understand its function, optimize it or fix ...

The connection between the gut and brain was discovered long ago, but the role of the gut microbiome in this relationship is still being explored. Recent studies suggest that disruptions or ...

Morris Moscovitch, the Max and Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging in the Department of Psychology at University of Toronto, will present at the next Origin Science Scholars program ...

Brain cells are increasingly being found outside the brain, and now researchers have identified specific neurons in the abdomen that control some aspects of digestion. Not all brain cells are found in ...

Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language-processing regions in the brain, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Bo Liu ...

Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, we speak with experts and researchers to understand the neurodivergent ...

The screen worked, flagging expected cancer genes. But it also kept returning something that seemed impossible: genes for synapses, glutamate receptors, and neural signaling pathways. “We absolutely ...

In recent years, research has increasingly pointed to an extraordinary connection between gut health and mental well-being. Once thought to be separate, scientists now recognize that the digestive ...

A new study shows that music changes brain activity during eye contact, helping people feel more connected and socially ...