Researchers have previously taken images of pregnant women's brains, but these can miss temporary changes in the brain that go back to normal by the time the woman gives birth. These new scans could ...

As people age, the brain naturally changes. Cognitive decline and memory loss come into greater focus. Remembering names and memories may take longer than usual. Processing conversations may involve ...

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she ...

A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They might be at higher risk ...

A new study has suggested that damage to the upper gastrointestinal tract from conditions such as reflux, peptic ulcers, and ...

Teen brains aged prematurely by as much as four years during covid lockdowns, researchers from the University of Washington ...

Parkinson’s disease is a devastating condition that progressively causes trouble with movement, mobility, and speech. But ...

A study led by researchers at BIDMC found the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease was 76 percent higher among those with a ...

However, scientists have now shown that this is not the case. A new study, published in Biological Psychiatry, has revealed that mindfulness meditation engages distinct brain mechanisms to reduce pain ...

They have a 'salience network' that is 70% to 73% larger than people without depressive symptoms The salience network is associated with reward processing, and could affect how people feel ...

Precision functional mapping is a relatively new approach to brain mapping in individuals that uses large amounts of fMRI data from hours of scans per person. The technique has been used to show ...

A breakthrough in medical imaging is making it possible for researchers to observe brain activity during movement and pick up ...