A myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack, doesn't just damage the cardiovascular system—it can dramatically reshape how ...

Mental health is not just about emotions, experts say. Neurologist Dr Neha Pandita explains how brain function, neurotransmitters, stress, sleep and lifestyle habits deeply influence emotional ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

The Psychological Trap: Individuals recovering from a heart attack experience depression and anxiety at a rate up to three times higher than the general population. Alarmingly, cardiac patients who ...

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life. A new study found that variations in ...

“A central goal of neuroscience is to develop an understanding of the brain that ultimately describes the mechanistic basis of human cognition and behavior,” said Jeremy Herskowitz, Ph.D., associate ...

Depression affects about 5.8% of the Brazilian population and presents a wide range of symptoms, intensities, and durations.

A study by Professor Carlos Matute of the EHU reinforces a paradigm shift in neuroscience: Myelin goes from being a ...

The session explored how long-term use of substances affects thinking, behaviour, and everyday decision-making and why ...

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

The brain is often described as a dense forest of connections, and for years scientists have searched for ways to trim that ...