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What if your gut microbes helped power your brain? A new study reveals that the energy-hungry human brain may have evolved with a big assist from our gut bacteria. By transplanting gut microbes from ...

A research team has demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading depolarizations -- waves of activity that occur in various brain disorders.

Researchers reveal how gut microbes shape metabolic strategies to fuel larger brains, offering a glimpse into the evolutionary biology of primates. Putative model for microbial influences on the ...

Cell survival depends on the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—it's like the fuel that keeps our brain running. Intracellular ATP levels are thought to remain constant, given its importance ...

Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics—even smaller than microplastics—disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have ...

As a neurologist, I spend long days in a hospital seeing patients with complex neurological problems. When my day is done, I head home to put my two young kids to bed. So when I start to feel ...