When comparing the brain scans of people who had been given acupuncture treatments against those on antidepressants or those ...

You’ve likely heard that the brain isn’t fully developed until someone’s around 26 years old. But did you know that the brain rewires itself throughout the lifetime? University of Cambridge ...

Online brain rot leaves us feeling sad and scattered and yet we often struggle to resist it. A new study explains why.

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking. "Rumination is ...

A man wakes up, grabs his phone, and scrolls the news. "Economic collapse coming." "Violence surging." "Everything is broken." By 8 A.M., his brain is already in a threat state. His heart rate is up.

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...

Creatine isn’t just for gym buffs; Virginia Tech scientists are using focused ultrasound to sneak this vital energy molecule past the blood-brain barrier, hoping to reverse devastating creatine ...

(Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment/Getty Images) If you've never had to endure the relentless clamor of tinnitus, the distress is hard to imagine. Many sufferers report a mental health nosedive after the ...

For many people who smoke, quitting is not just a matter of willpower. It is a tug-of-war in the brain—between the pull of reward and the ability to resist. A study published in the Journal of ...