UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they ...

BALTIMORE — Artificial intelligence systems designed to physically imitate natural brains can simulate human brain activity ...

The human body relies on complex and coordinated interactions between the brain and peripheral organ systems to maintain a stable biological environment and support essential functions like behavior ...

Jiahe Zhang, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham, is the lead author of the paper published in Nature Neuroscience, "Cortical and subcortical mapping of the human ...

Scientists exploring how the brain responds to stress discovered molecular changes that can influence behavior long after an ...

Fasting has long been sold as a shortcut to weight loss, but a growing body of research suggests the real action may be ...

A new brain implant stands to transform human-computer interaction and expand treatment possibilities for neurological ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...