A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts every day for 16 weeks. Scientists found ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...