Inflammation in former football players was tied to limbic white matter damage and worse memory, revealing a potential pathway linking repetitive head impacts to later cognitive decline.

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. From alpha brain waves to amygdala activity, scientists map how forests, wetlands, and even ...

In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with ...

Higher levels of inflammation are associated with damage in the brain’s white matter, according to a study of former college and professional football players published Feb. 25 in the journal ...

As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

Some people are naturally better at recalling their dreams. Others worry they're not getting quality sleep if they can't remember their dreams. Here's the science.

In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with worse brain structure, which in turn was related to worse memory. The ...

Intense emotion rapidly engages limbic and brainstem circuits in the brain that coordinate posture, breathing and expression.

I don't think I've ever laughed harder than during a church service, when something faintly ridiculous caught my eye. My friend saw it too, and once she started laughing, it became impossible to stop.

Memory loss specialists at MUSC Health are glad that more information is emerging about LATE dementia. Doctors estimate that the condition, which has only been around as a clinical diagnosis for about ...

Your brain isn't a single decision-making machine, but it's a dynamic battleground. Neuroscience reveals that what we often call “the brain” is actually three distinct systems that evolved over ...