Marathoners know it’s a mental sport — but it turns out their brains might be doing more than helping them power through the pain. A new study found that during extreme endurance efforts like running ...

They've been described as "brain on fire" or "an ice pick through the head." Migraine headaches affect more than one in 10 ...

New findings reveal that certain areas of the brain influence how neurons transmit signals and control their range.

A new study reveals that when we experience short-term (acute) pain, the brain has a built-in way to dial down pain signals - like pressing the brakes - to keep them from going into overdrive. But in ...

Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new international study led by Professor Dr. Michael Miller (University of ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...

Our memories of past events are typically not isolated, but they are linked to other related memories. This ability to ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

If you want to slow brain aging, you know you should exercise and eat right. But you probably never suspected this hobby ...