The detailed mapping revealed an unexpected pattern. One specific section of the dendrite contained an unusually dense ...

New research shows how the Greenland shark’s heart keeps working for centuries by tolerating aging rather than avoiding it.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

Early in Alzheimer’s disease, your brain can begin to change long before anyone notices a lost name or missed appointment.

An alternative splicing regulator previously implicated in calcium signaling in the heart ensures cell-type-specific mRNA processing of long neuronal mRNAs in the mouse brain.

Deep inside the brain, every thought and memory begins with a burst of electrical activity. For years, scientists have tried ...

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful. By Roni Caryn Rabin For a while, it seemed the ...

“I’ll worry about my heart health when I’m older.” That may be too late, doctors warn. While the average age for being diagnosed with heart disease in the United States is typically in the mid-60s for ...

Imagine listening to a recording of an orchestral performance, but because of a bad studio technician, the only instrument you can hear is the triangle. How would you know if you were listening to the ...