A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural ...

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state. Astrocytes are ...

New research from Karolinska Institutet and Columbia University shows that the heart has a mini-brain -- its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat. A better understanding of this system, ...

In a recent review published in the journal Cell Metabolism, a group of authors explored how Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonism shapes the neurovascular unit (NVU), potentially linking ...