A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known as the circadian rhythm. One of these genes is the so-called CLOCK gene, a ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

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 ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

A significant, long-term reduction in calorie consumption resulted in a slowing of aging in the brain, according to a study ...

A new study led by scientists at the Perception Dynamics Institute and the University of California San Diego demonstrates ...