Researchers are examining whether drugs currently approved to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes could be useful for a wider range of health challenges.

Neurons cannot release their neurotransmitters without calcium, making this remarkable mineral crucial for everything we do — from movement, to memory, and more.

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Reading regularly can improve language, memory, and reasoning skills by strengthening brain areas responsible for these processes.

Dopamine doesn’t just send messages between neurons. Parkinson’s and addiction research reveals it can directly bind to proteins, helping turn genes on and off in a process called ‘dopaminylation.’

Some brain signals once thought to be "noise" actually encode useful information. Lessons from the physics of flow encourage us to reconsider these unpredictable signals and now scientists are finding uses for them in medicine.

Kay Tye studies the neuroscience behind social isolation and searches for new targets for mental health treatments that could address its impact.

Your brain has a powerful connection to the vast neuronal network in your gut via the vagus nerve. This ties your digestive tract to mood, cognition, and brain physiology, so researchers are interested in the microbiome as a therapeutic target for mental health and more.

Conspiracy theories take advantage of our pattern-seeking brains by grabbing attention, triggering strong emotions, and giving meaning to random events.