American Heart Association volunteer experts’ annual list of the leading cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research for 2025 includes cutting edge science and long-standing treatment options to ...

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By freezing tissue at the instant a signal fires, researchers revealed how synaptic ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the ...

Hypertension begins harming the brain surprisingly early, even before measurable blood pressure increases. Key cells related to blood vessels, signaling, and myelin maintenance begin aging prematurely ...

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds? Credit...Photo illustration by Tyler Comrie Supported ...

2025 has been a tumultuous year for science. The federal government suspended, cancelled or delayed billions of dollars in funding to academic and government labs across the country. Courts have since ...

Funding for Defense Department medical research into traumatic brain injuries has dropped by more than three-quarters in the last three fiscal years, even as the problem continues to plague U.S.

1. Brain connectivity may be the key to understanding the left-handed brain. For many decades, scientists have tried to find out which brain areas differ between left-handers and right-handers, with ...