A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ferritin light chain 1, or FTL1, plays a big role ...

Of course, the previous understanding was not without debate. A phenomenon known as pervasive phantom limb syndrome calls ...

The brain ages, like everything else in the body. But, surprisingly, some areas strengthen over time. Recent research using ...

ANALYSIS: Esther Kuehn’s research shows that part of your brain increases in size with age rather than degenerating ...

The apple test also introduces a spectrum of visual imagery, which shows two conditions that fall at either end: aphantasia ...

Early on, Nedergaard and Iliff, a glial cell biologist and a vascular physiologist, respectively, hypothesized that waste ...

Your brain uses what you’ve seen, done, and learned in the past to explain sense data in the present, plan your next action, and predict what’s coming next.

When your mind is wandering, your brain’s “default mode” network is active. Its discovery 20 years ago inspired a raft of research into networks of brain regions and how they interact with ...

What causes dementia? While differing factors can lead to the condition, researchers have determined that certain daily ...