People who just cannot seem to succeed at dieting may have a defect in their brain.Dr. Antonio Rangel of the California ...

In an era of information overload, the frontal lobe of the brain is constantly running at full capacity, keeping the nervous ...

Most people know the feeling well. You jolt awake in the dark, chest pounding, breath shallow, completely unsure for a split second whether you’re safe. Within moments, reality reasserts itself. The ...

A new study in rats suggests that three classic psychedelics, psilocybin, LSD, and 2C-B, produce distinct patterns of brain ...

A new hypothesis proposes that von Economo neurons in the fronto-insular and anterior cingulate cortices act as biological ...

The distinction between the well-characterized and poorly-characterized neurotransmitter effects of environmental enrichment ...

Chronic symptoms warrant investigation, not dismissal. Breathing practices may help with stress and arousal but are not established treatments for Lyme disease or mold exposure.

Acetaminophen (APAP) is the most widely used analgesic during pregnancy, yet its effects on prenatal human brain development remain incompletely understood. Epidemiological studies have reported ...

An Analytical Examination of Dopaminergic Reward Pathways, Variable Ratio Reinforcement, Algorithmic Interventions, and ...

Data from mouse brains and 13 human brains show a link between levels of a lipid-degrading and cognitive resilience, ...

Credit: Allen Institute Scientists exploring the brain’s “blue place” discovered the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse ...

Welcome to FARS, Western Michigan University's Faculty Activity Reporting System. FARS is a powerful vita-oriented database powered by Interfolio. The system is designed to enable faculty to organize, ...