This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Researchers have identified a brain protein whose absence leads to memory loss and Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice.

Discovery could redirect drug development for disease affecting 6.7 million Americans The two AMPKα isoforms can have ...

Running fights junk food’s mental toll—healing the gut, balancing hormones, and protecting the brain.

Exercise has long been linked with stronger brains and reduced risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases. But new research suggests that older adults can significantly improve brain health with ...

In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life. A new study found that variations in ...

Earlier research from Amato’s lab found that gut microbes from primates with larger brains produce more energy when ...

The human brain is formed by a complex network of neural connections and most of them link neighboring brain regions, which are also the most studied to date. But a recent neuroscientific study by ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Nearly 16 million American adults have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but evidence suggests that more than 30% of them don't respond well to stimulant medications ...