Scientists found that brain cells can tap a hidden sugar stash to clean up the toxic proteins behind Alzheimer’s. By ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When visual information enters the brain, it travels through two pathways that process different aspects of the input. For decades, scientists have hypothesized that one of these ...

We are convinced that the interconnections between different brain regions—believed to reflect communication pathways—play a particularly critical role,” said study author Kirsten Hilger ...

It mind sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but rewiring your brain is actually a thing, and it's not as hard as you'd think. Learn more.

Brain pathways that control dopamine release may influence motor control. by Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Striosomal S-D1 and S-D2 populations form parallel pathways to ...

Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by a brain region called the striatum, which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that ...

The brain’s most important job is to control your body’s overall energy needs through allostasis. To do this well, the brain requires energy, which it receives from your sleep, nutrition and ...

Brain’s waste-clearance pathways revealed for the first time OHSU study uses imaging in neurosurgery patients to show how brain’s glymphatic system clears waste; lifestyle measures can keep ...

An incredible study has reported the discovery of a novel gut-brain pathway that drives our appetite for fatty foods. The research found cells in our gut sense the presence of fat in food and can ...

Study reveals how brain pathways aid motor recovery after injury. Download PDF Copy; Reviewed. Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University Aug 23 2024.

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the ...