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Scientists have discovered where the blockage lies that prevents people who are aware – but in a vegetative state – from responding.

Babies who are born prematurely may experience weaker connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and emotion, a new study suggests.

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing…

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, according to new research.

Researchers say directing magnetic energy to a certain brain region may modify a person’s religious beliefs and attitudes toward immigrants.

Rewarding learning selectively enhances the consolidation of learned information during sleep, report scientists. This human study builds on what we know from Drosophila by showing how sleep and reward combine to boost memory.

Researchers found that activating certain neurons in the brains of mice immediately induced REM sleep – the dreaming phase – while deactivating them stopped REM sleep.

Nicotine use over time increases the speed that codeine is converted into morphine within the brain, by increasing the amount of a specific enzyme, according to new research in rat models. It appears smokers’ brains are being primed for a bigger buzz f…

A new study is the first to find that immune cells are more active in the brains of people at risk of schizophrenia as well as those already diagnosed with the disease.

In recent years, Florida State University College of Medicine researchers Angelina R.