ANCHOR, a 3D human brainstem atlas, combines MRI and microscopy imaging to help researchers study neurodegenerative diseases ...

Before the prefrontal cortex evolved, another system in the brain may already have been directing attention, scientists have ...

An antisense therapy that targets a glycine transporter restored NMDA receptor function in mouse models related to autism and ...

ADHD attention circuit research from Johns Hopkins University has identified PLTi — an ancient brainstem cluster of ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications provides evidence that an evolutionarily ancient group of brainstem neurons ...

Sleep is one of the most widely studied states of consciousness, known to play a role in physical recovery, the processing of ...

For most children, kicking a soccer ball around the backyard is an everyday activity. For 6-year-old Hadley McMahon, it's something her Colorado family once feared they would never see. Hadley, a ...

If you’ve noticed you’ve recently felt lightheaded during workouts, struggled with brain fog, or have been more fatigued than usual—even when your daily routine hasn’t changed—it could be worth paying ...

The signals that drive many of the brain and body's most essential functions—consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate and motion—course through bundles of "white matter" fibers in the brainstem, ...

Connecting the dots: Far from being a mindless escape, video games help the brain process information more efficiently and adapt more readily to complex tasks, according to a growing body of research.