Researchers at UC San Diego have found that a weeklong meditation and healing retreat can produce measurable changes in brain ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

The landmark study demonstrates how intensive meditation can trigger the same profound brain activity previously documented only with psychedelic substances -- while simultaneously activating ...

A new international study has identified special brain cells that help protect memory and slow Alzheimer’s, offering fresh ...

One reason that chronic pain, mental or physical is consistently solvable is the brain’s property of neuroplasticity. Your brain physically constantly changes based on the nature of the sensory input.

There's a lot of conflicting information available about how to best motivate yourself, maximise your potential, and get what you want out of life, but one neuroscientist has some crucial advice ...

A mechanism underlying neutrophil reprogramming in brain cancers has been uncovered, illuminating potential therapeutic targets to stop their pro-cancer effect. Tumor-infiltrating neutrophils are ...

The human body is an assemblage of systems that have a surprising degree of autonomy, and are all busy managing various aspects of our mental and physical lives. Nonetheless, they do communicate with ...

A hormone known for regulating energy balance also helps the body cope with influenza by triggering protective responses in ...