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Researchers are investigating how exactly the brain processes the incoming stream of information from the heart and lungs, leading to a broader understanding of brain-body integration and the resulting health or disease.

A candidate drug for Alzheimer’s disease, donanemab, will be further scrutinized by a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panel, drugmaker announces.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School investigated brain development to understand how different areas of the brain become specialized in handling information such as vision, sound, touch and planning.

Researchers have developed a new method for triggering and imaging seizures in epilepsy patients, offering physicians the ability to collect real-time data to tailor epilepsy surgery.

A new study provides some of the most detailed insights yet into the brain mechanisms that help people pay attention amid distraction, as well as what’s happening when they can’t focus.

Research points to a balanced, flexible approach to dieting as more sustainable than a rigid diet plan.

A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language.

A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been developed by researchers.

Traveling wave propagation directions in the memory task reveal how the brain quickly coordinates activity and shares information across multiple regions.

A genetic "switch" has been identified that plays a role in controlling anxiety levels, which researchers hope could provide a new anxiety drug target.