Brain-stimulating contact lenses are as effective as Prozac at treating depression in mice via retinal pathways.

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

Have you ever had a migraine attack that felt like something was punching or stabbing you from behind the eyes? You’re not alone! Pain behind the eyes is a common symptom in migraine attacks. Keep ...

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly work to solve. A wave of research is now overturning that assumption, ...

Researchers have developed a new type of MRI antenna inspired by metamaterials that could reveal hard-to-image areas of the ...

If you ask someone how to lower their risk of a heart attack, most people can name a few steps. But if you ask how to reduce dementia risk, many would assume it is out of their control. But that ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...

Scientists from the Nencki Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have revealed a key mechanism in how our brains change when we learn new information or form memories. A new ...