I had a junior high English teacher who had an unusual love for teaching prepositions. At that time, we were warned to never end sentences in prepositions, so she wanted us to be clear about how to ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, biomedical engineers have shown how two brain regions quickly adapt to shift focus from one planned destination to another. Stephanie Prince ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain image Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...

Janina Seubert receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 947886) and from the Swedish ...

Scientists have discovered that breast cancer can quietly throw the brain’s internal clock off balance—almost immediately after cancer begins. In mice, tumors flattened the natural daily rhythm of ...

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that the brain’s taste cortex responds not only to flavors on the tongue but also to aromas that reach the nose while eating, known as retronasal ...

Researchers studying obsessive-compulsive disorder have identified a specific brain signal that appears to precede the onset ...

Researchers from The Universities of Manchester and Birmingham have identified the exact nerve cells in the brain that drive ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up ...