An implantable brain stimulator could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric disorders, researchers say.

Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.

A new study may pave the way for new approaches to treating sleep-related disorders, researchers say.

A new theory "reinforces the idea that Parkinson’s... may be fueled by toxicants and is therefore largely preventable."

A noninvasive brain stimulation treatment shows promise for improving depression and anxiety in older adults.

Neuroscientists analyzed the brain waves of 32 jazz guitarists as they improvised to chords and rhythms. Their findings suggest 2 key principles support innovative thinking.

An MRI method purported to detect neurons’ rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead, an MIT study finds.

Vegetarian and low-carb diets aren’t ideal for our brains.

MIT researchers plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain.

"This research demonstrates that we can monitor changes in oxygen concentration continuously and in a wide area of the brain."