The molecule responsible for suppressing pain from heat in adult flies has the opposite role in fly larvae, research finds.

"...this is a real leap forward compared to what's been done before, which is typically single words or short sentences."

A new study finds differences in brain connections that could be used in suicide prevention and may lead to new ways to cut suicide risk.

A new study finds intriguing evidence of activity in the brains of comatose patients who died following cardiac arrest.

As brain-computer interface technologies become more common, so do questions related to ethics and policy. A new book digs in.

A new study sheds light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments and how things can go wrong with its internal compass.

Tools used to detect multiple sclerosis in at-risk adults may fail to predict the neurological disorder in children, a new study shows.

Scientists have completed the first ever map of an insect brain. "Everything has been working up to this," says Joshua T. Vogelstein.

People who start playing tackle football at an early age or play it for more than 11 years have a greater risk of brain decline later.

New research in mice identifies a possible cellular origin for impairments associated with gestational iron deficiency.