Working 52 hours or more per week may alter the structure of the brain, research suggests. Experts found that being “overworked” may affect those parts of the brain related to problem-solving and ...

Swiss researchers have pinpointed the brain region that can inhibit aggressive behavior in response to anger—the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), which is also involved in ...

A recent brain imaging study reveals that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder consists of at least two distinct physical subtypes. This discovery suggests that patients may eventually benefit ...

Objectives To evaluate whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) presence and severity are associated with differences in global and domain-specific cognitive function among US adults, using ...

By Anika Gupta Los Angeles’ Children’s Hospital reported that one in eight teens have reported using opioids recreationally. Additionally, 50% of drug use disorders begin in one’s adolescence, ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

A new study finds sparkling water helps esports players maintain focus and reduce mental fatigue better than plain water.

A wave of recent neuroscience research has identified specific molecular and cellular mechanisms through which alcohol disrupts signaling between brain cells, offering a sharper picture of how ...

The neuropeptide oxytocin is a special messenger substance that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. It is acting as both a neurotransmitter and a hormone and is best known for promoting ...

There are lots of reasons why relationships fall apart; all kinds of incompatibilities can doom romance. Some are trivial, but occasionally there might be something more profound at the root of an ...

For more than a century, scientists have divided the brain into regions based on how brain tissue looks under a microscope. The maps have shaped how researchers study thinking, decision-making, and ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical maps divide the brain into regions according to structural variations in the ...