Scientists keep learning more about the connection between the brain and the gastrointestinal system. By Christina Caron Dr.

New research reveals coffee’s hidden effects on the gut-brain connection, influencing mood, memory, microbes, and overall ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Humans are social beings, and it shouldn’t be surprising that there are specific groups of nerve cells in the brain that are directly influenced by social experiences. One important mechanism ...

Stress resilience isn’t a flatline. It’s a flex, according to new research from Florida International University. Marcelo Bigliassi, assistant professor of psychophysiology, and Ph.D. student Dayanne ...

People with substance use disorder—whether addicted to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, or nicotine—share a strikingly similar ...

BraDiPho was presented in a paper published in Nature Communications, with Laura Vavassori as first author. She is a doctoral student at the Center for Brain/Mind Sciences (Cimec) of the University of ...

Chronic stress can damage the gut’s protective lining, triggering inflammation that may worsen depression. New research shows that stress lowers levels of a protein called Reelin, which plays a key ...

Neuroscientists are uncovering the brain’s intricate wiring, from thalamic hubs to hippocampal bridges, revealing how these circuits shape memory, perception, and emotion. Using advanced imaging, ...

A large-scale study of 5216 brains has found differences in the brains of men and women that might be linked to social and other abilities. Stuart Ritchie and coworkers reported in the 2018 journal ...