MC Joseph, a 78-year-old prostate cancer survivor, experienced debilitating tremors due to Parkinson's disease. After ...

Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the ...

See, researchers have discovered that the annoying cravings we often get for sweets—even when we’re full already—are a response of our body’s neurological systems. In fact, the same neurons in our ...

Little is known about the associated brain activation during these sleep rhythms, and even less about their functional implications. In this study, we investigated the brain-wide activation underlying ...

Comparing consciousness to a plasma ball can help us better understand key aspects of subjective conscious experience.

A novel brain circuit that drives craving for sweets after meals, explaining why we always have room for dessert. Blocking it ...

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...

The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that brain lesions causing secondary psychosis map to a common brain circuit ...

You lean back from the dinner table, feeling like you physically couldn’t fit another bite in – but then someone offers pie ...

Nerve cells called pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons were found to be responsible for post-feeding sugar consumption.