The brain is never completely at rest. Even without external input, it produces spontaneous neural activity that creates synchronized fluctuations across different regions - a process known as ...

The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the processing of sensory stimuli. While past neuroscience studies have gathered ...

Tobacco smoking is not associated with functional connectivity alterations in large-scale brain networks among individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.

Brain imaging offers a way to examine how different regions of the brain participate in cognitive function”— Dr.

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group provides measurable evidence that it can reshape how brain networks function.

Babies with congenital heart disease have altered brain activity in regions involved in movement and emotions, but heart surgery restored these brain networks to healthy connectivity.

There is a natural decline in sociability as a result of aging influenced by brain changes, new research shows. “Our study suggests that age-related changes in the functional wiring of the brain may ...

A study shows voluntary hand movements rely on a multi-stage neural pathway linking the brain cortex, brainstem, and spinal ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from Children's National ...

New research indicates that the long-term neurological impact of childhood trauma is not permanently etched onto the brain.