During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

"The brain is not fixed—like a muscle, it responds to training and care," Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, Ph.D., told Newsweek.

A new study suggests that a little-known region deep in the brain could be crucial for preserving physical strength as we age ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by ...