Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, allowing researchers to map the brain's structure and synaptic connectivity (i.e., the junctions via which ...

The human body is packed with natural rhythms, from your sleep-wake cycle to the steady pulsing of blood through the brain to heart rate and pulse.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand how it works have pushed the boundaries of brain-imaging technologies.

Researchers have discovered how newly created neurons depend on blood flow in the adult brain to travel from their site of origin to their final location.