A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 percent of its total energy. To stay within budget, the brain must be highly ...

Of the numerous investigations 24910151617181920212223242526272829 that have dealt with the corresponding phenomenon in the unaffected cerebral hemisphere, only one concerned the acute stage, 22 but ...

In recent years, research has discovered that gut microbiota dysbiosis plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of ASD. The gut microbiota can influence brain function and behavior through the ...

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal GPS.

Neuropsychiatric disorders reflect disruptions in brain network dynamics along an “order–complexity–chaos” continuum. Psychedelics may therapeutically increase neural entropy, disrupt maladaptive ...

The explanation: Cats that sleep on their left side perceive their surroundings upon awakening with their left visual field, which is processed in the right hemisphere of the brain.