Increasing physical fitness leads to a larger release of BDNF and better prefrontal cortex activity after a single session of exercise.

Increasing our level of physical fitness leads to a bigger release of brain-boosting proteins following one session of ...

Getting more physically fit makes your body release more brain-boosting proteins after each exercise session, suggests a new study led by a UCL researcher. The study took a group of inactive unfit ...

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

Researchers identify a neural "fingerprint" in the brain that predicts how accurately we can size up the intentions and strategies of others.

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...

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, ...