A recent study has revealed that specific patterns of gene activity serve as a hidden map that guides the complex wiring of ...

Talk about a gut-brain connection. Scientists have long known about the link between our stomachs and our brains, warning ...

From regular exercise to social connection, these are the behaviors experts say can keep your brain sharp over time.

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

A groundbreaking new connectome maps every neural connection in an adult fruit fly’s central nervous system, creating an ...

Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. An assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, she was part of a team studying 13 teens and ...

Broken or disrupted circuits in the brain contribute to many neurological disorders. A new custom-built biological "wire" developed at Duke University School of Medicine points the way toward a new ...

Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience has split autism into two distinct biological types based on how the brain wires its ...

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