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

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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 ...

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 ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

The authors suggest that these results highlight the sophisticated connection between vision and language in the human brain. The authors add, "Our findings reveal that the brain's ability to store ...

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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 ...

What if a technology could reanimate parts of the body that have lost their connection to the brain—like a bladder that can no longer empty due to a spinal cord injury, or intestines that can't push ...

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

"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 ...