You might think good sleep happens in your brain, but restorative sleep actually begins much lower in the body: in the gut.

The body is constantly scanning itself and recalibrating accordingly. Interoception, the perception of internal bodily sensations, plays a crucial role in regulating essential physiological processes, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The body transforms in ...

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they ...

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 ...

Every day, our brains transform quick impressions, flashes of inspiration, and painful moments into enduring memories that ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Ruth Lanius, Lauren Rudolph, and Dr. Breanne Kearney. Trauma is an insult to the senses, leaving a lasting impact: It affects what we see, hear, and feel, and how we ...

Researchers discovered that altering the body’s natural rhythm can help protect the brain from Alzheimer’s damage. By turning off a circadian protein in mice, they raised NAD+ levels and reduced ...

A new study highlights how both neuronal and peripheral tissues become disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease. A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA), the Jan and Dan Duncan ...

Almost half of people who suffer a concussion still show symptoms of brain injury six months later, reveals new research. Even mild concussions can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, say ...