Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...

Interest in creatine supplements usually whittles down to camps: Those seeking support for strength and recovery and those seeking the compound's brain benefits. And yes, research shows creatine ...

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...

Credit: Getty Images Our work suggests that targeting the brain-muscle axis could offer new treatment strategies for muscle fatigue. Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s ...

Exercise prompts muscles to release molecular cargo that boosts brain cell function and connection, but the process is not well understood. New research from the University of Illinois ...

Muscle memory is one of those phrases everyone uses, but the science behind it is a lot more interesting than “your muscles remember”. It is a story about your brain, your nervous system and your ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...