Certain brain cells are responsible for coordinating smooth, controlled movements of the body. But when those cells are constantly overactivated for weeks on end, they degenerate and ultimately die.

Creatine plays an important role in supplying the brain with energy. Early research indicates high doses of the supplement could improve cognition in people whose brains are stressed.

UNDATED (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — A new study found working long hours can alter the structure of your brain. A new study indicates that working long hours may alter the structure of the brain.

Scientists have showed that when brain cells are constantly overactivated for weeks on end, they degenerate and ultimately die, a finding that may help explain what goes awry in the brains of people ...

A discovery by Gladstone scientists Katerina Rademacher (left) and Ken Nakamura (right) about the consequence of neuron overactivity could lead to new methods of treating or preventing Parkinson’s ...