Hot flashes have long been dismissed as harmless. Brain imaging studies are beginning to tell a more unsettling story.

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

Fact checked by Kevin Cyr, MD As our body naturally ages, so does our brain. Structurally, the brain loses volume of gray ...

Computational models show that even subtle modifications in the synaptic protein CaMKII completely alter the resulting protein structures. Given how the formation and stability of these structures ...

These effects are based on brain plasticity — the brain’s ability to reshape itself in response to experiences and learning.