In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

When teenagers shift their sleep schedules between school days and weekends, the resulting mismatch can alter the physical ...

Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the ...

Researchers identify the Functional-Structural Ratio (FSR) as the biological link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline, offering a potential new biomarker for dementia risk.

Age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis, affects millions of older adults and often makes it difficult to understand speech, especially in noisy environments. Scientists have long observed that ...

Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers have developed a ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in ...

Share on Pinterest A new study aims to explain how menopause restructures the brain. Pawel Wewiorski/Getty Images A research team from Puerto Rico carried out a literature review to compile findings ...