Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO – Mark Hallett, MD, chief of the motor control section at NINDS, discussed the pathology and etiology of ...

You've probably experienced it—your alarm is set for 6:30 a.m., yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There's no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing it's ...

A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

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As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

Activating specific neurons in a part of the brain that serves as the body's master circadian pacemaker caused mice to eat significantly more during a time of day when they would normally be at rest, ...