The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

New research finds following a particular diet, the MIND diet, could help you preserve brain function as you age.

The new study, published earlier this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience, revealed that some areas in the brain shrink in size but become better connected with one another, “with only a few ...

Neuroscientists scanned the brain of a pregnant woman and captured a 'widespread reorganization' of her brain before, during ...

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the changes that occur in an expectant mother’s brain during pregnancy, ...

CNN reports on a new study that maps brain changes during pregnancy. Also in research news: the chemical toll of food packaging on our bodies; microplastics at the base of the brain; and more.

Scientists have captured one woman’s cognitive evolution into motherhood, taking repeated brain scans over three years to ...

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how ... “The brain is an endocrine organ, and sex hormones ...

Researchers from Rutgers and Princeton universities will use a $16 million federal grant award to collaborate on several ...

As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care ...

The Society of Neuroscience (SfN) will honor leading researchers whose groundbreaking work has transformed neuroscience — including the understanding of pain, addiction, stress, synaptic transport, ...