What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each winter with seasonal affective disorder? Clues to these puzzles may lie in a ...

Background Understanding the dynamic neural mechanisms of sleep-wake cycles is a major challenge in sleep science and neuroengineering. Sleep, essential for maintaining brain homeostasis and cognitive ...

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

Scientists in South Korea have created an artificial synapse that works with extremely low energy, remembers information for ...

Learn more about eLife assessments Blood flow to the brain is a sensitive marker of neuronal activity as well as of a number of diseases, including stroke, tumours and neurodegenerative conditions.

The intricate bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain, known as the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA), is fundamental to human physiology and ...

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, ...

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, ...