New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler’s story—one that, upon a second look, offers clues it was false. When the brain fires up the ...

Animal brain and body physiology has developed over long evolutionary timescales, enabling organisms to adequately sense and respond to environmental pressures. However, recent accelerated ...

We are conducting a research study using MRI to understand how the brain regulates blood flow and physiology, with the goal of developing better tools for early detection of vascular dementia.

The venous system maintains the health of our brains by removing deoxygenated blood and other waste products, but its complexity and variability have made scientific study difficult. Now, a UC ...

Sleep is one of medicine's underused data streams. Clinically, disturbed sleep has often been treated as a symptom of a disorder, but sleep is also a physiological state in which brain, cardiac, ...

When myelin breaks down, white matter in the brain deteriorates, a change commonly seen with aging. At the same time, microglia, the brain’s primary immune cells, can shift from protective responders ...

Space's microgravity appears to shift the location of the brains of astronauts—without a clear effect on their health ...

Learn how a fever-related molecule activates emotional brain circuits, which intensify chills and drive warmth-seeking behavior during infection.

A ketogenic diet - one that is high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates - has been known for decades to reduce seizures ...