Every stroke begins with a sudden interruption of blood flow in the brain. But what happens afterward—why neurons continue to ...

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Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists reported today (April 27) in Nature Neuroscience. Through a study using mice and simulations, the team ...

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Brain injury rehabilitation leader shares his personal story, CNS’s recovery-focused philosophy and the real barriers patients face in accessing the care they need ...

So-called “offline states”—when a person isn’t thinking about much and their attention is free to wander —give the brain an ...

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...