The brain chemicals behind your mood, sleep, and body functions Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Ever wonder what's going on in your brain when a certain mood strikes? You can thank ...

A collaborative effort between Mount Sinai and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has shed valuable light on how monoamine neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine, and now histamine help ...

Our guts and our brains are connected, which is why your mood can affect your digestion. Learn why this is the case and how ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

Japanese researchers have uncovered how the astringent “bite” of cocoa flavanols can activate the brain—even though little of the compound enters the bloodstream.

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...