Experts say IBS and anxiety may be deeply connected through a powerful gut-brain loop that millions still misunderstand.

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart and brain – with major implications for diagnoses and treatment ...

Researchers have developed a cutting-edge technique that uses RNA “barcodes” to map how neurons connect, capturing thousands ...

Recent preclinical advances expose how the gut microbiome impacts the maintenance of brain health through the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories.

The cerebellum, a part of the brain traditionally associated with balance and movement, is also important for more complex ...

A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel ...

Humans are social beings, and it shouldn’t be surprising that there are specific groups of nerve cells in the brain that are directly influenced by social experiences. One important mechanism ...

A large-scale study of 5216 brains has found differences in the brains of men and women that might be linked to social and other abilities. Stuart Ritchie and coworkers reported in the 2018 journal ...

The brain knows exactly when a person might be craving a connection of any kind, and there are certain things it only does ...