Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

Cocaine addiction isn’t simply a failure of willpower — it’s the result of lasting biological changes in the brain.

The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

As science advances, we have a better understanding how how neuroscience can inform the work of psychotherapy.

, and there it is again - that fragment of a song, looping endlessly with no off switch in sight. Most people know exactly what this feels like. An earworm, also described as sticky music or stuck ...

Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. One recent study linked a lower risk of Alzheimer's ...

China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years as ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes—star-shaped support cells traditionally viewed as passive partners of neurons—play a ...

It's a major step back from statements made at a White House news conference in September, when President Donald Trump and FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the drug was under review to benefit ...

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A University of Iowa-led research team has documented in humans that physical exercise sparks an increase in brain waves ...