A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

The common shrew looks unremarkable, a few grams of fur and teeth scurrying under leaf litter. Yet this tiny mammal performs one of the strangest tricks in biology, shrinking its own brain and skull ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

The human brain requires constant nourishment to maintain its complex network of billions of neurons, yet certain foods actively work against optimal brain function. While most people focus on foods ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Here's another reason why stress is bad for your health. A new study shows it might actually shrink your brain. Researchers found a link between high levels of a stress hormone and ...

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...