A new study suggests that where a person lives can be linked to their brain health and potential risk for dementia.
Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...
Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have ...
New research indicates that a pregnant mother’s exposure to a class of persistent synthetic chemicals is associated with specific structural and functional characteristics of her child’s brain. The ...
A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared ...
Aging is associated with progressive white matter degeneration, which impairs brain structure and function. Defects in ...
Menopause is associated with distinct structural changes in the brain. Multiple studies have documented reductions in gray matter volume in both the frontal and temporal cortices and the ...
New research shows that neighborhood conditions — from pollution and housing to economic opportunity — may directly affect ...
New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.