Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many ...

The brain’s cerebellum plays a key role in coordinating movement, balance, and cognition. Injury to the cerebellum can have a profound impact on basic motor skills, such as sitting, standing, and ...

The findings of preliminary research indicate that long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly those areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is constantly ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a new clue in understanding how dementia develops—and their discovery ...

Researchers have discovered that free radicals generated at a specific site in non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes, ...

A long-term goal within neuroscience has been to develop a non-invasive way to influence brain function. Such a technology could shed light on the vital organ’s operations—and one day, it could even ...

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 ...