Dr. Gina Turrigiano is the Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science in the Biology Department at Brandeis University, where she heads the Turrigiano Lab.

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

Brain health has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time, driven by a double whammy of soaring rates of ...

Bilingualism offers more than just the ability to navigate multiple languages—it also has a profound impact on brain health.

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A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact ...

Author of the popular science bestsellers 'Neuroscience of the Body' and 'The Brain's Mirror', now publishes 'The Bridge ...

These findings mark the first time that the structural impact of weight training on the brains of people with mild dementia.

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