New perspectives on body-system connections are providing an understanding of social behavior, development, and sleep.

Help your students better understand that their brains are always changing with this reading and activity.

Access a list of more than 400 neurological disorders from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Summaries give symptom descriptions, treatment options, and prognosis, along with information about ongoing research on causes, diagnosis, and potential therapies. Contact information for related professional and health organizations is also featured.

The axon initial segment helps shape the messages sent by your brain cells.

As social animals, our health depends on interactions with others. If placed in isolation, without those connections, our physical and mental health take a hit.

Meet the neuroscientists behind BrainFacts.org.

Learn about the prevalence of poverty in the US and its threats to childhood development.

Both stressful situations and a lack of resources can physically change the adult brain, which raises concerns of how living in poverty could negatively affect children, whose brains are still developing.

Damage to certain parts of the brain can impair our ability to distinguish between related objects, like apples and oranges.

This furrowed structure helps you execute every move you make.