Talk about a gut-brain connection. Scientists have long known about the link between our stomachs and our brains, warning ...

A recent study has revealed that specific patterns of gene activity serve as a hidden map that guides the complex wiring of ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

New insights into the gut-brain connection suggest that what you eat may directly influence your mood, focus, stress levels, ...

Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. An assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, she was part of a team studying 13 teens and ...

A groundbreaking new connectome maps every neural connection in an adult fruit fly’s central nervous system, creating an ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...

Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

Broken or disrupted circuits in the brain contribute to many neurological disorders. A new custom-built biological "wire" developed at Duke University School of Medicine points the way toward a new ...

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