Restoring both walking and sensation to patients with paraplegia is an ambitious goal—but a team of researchers from the Keck ...

Nineteen young adults handed over their smartphones for three days. When researchers scanned their brains afterward, the ...

Abstinent smokers experience increased pain sensitivity during withdrawal, to the point that they often require more pain relief after surgery. Why? New from JNeurosci, Zhijie Lu, from Fudan ...

A University of Chicago study reveals smoking's link to dementia. Nicotine triggers lung cells to send harmful signals to the ...

Researchers have identified a brain mechanism that may determine why chronic pain leads to depression in some individuals but ...

Brain swelling in the days following a stroke caused by a brain bleed is linked to a higher risk of death and disability, a ...

Scientists show that boosting noradrenaline while people learn does not strengthen memory itself but changes how the brain connects related experiences, revealing how arousal can expand the ...