The optogenetic tool “Channelrhodopsin2” expresses CRF neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in mice. These neurons were found to be part of the…
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Study finds evidence of more brain aging in people living in disadvantaged areas. Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — areas with…
A potential treatment for dementia and epilepsy could look to reduce the amounts of a toxic gas in the brain has been revealed in a…
Half of the children who developed the serious condition associated with COVID-19 called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) had neurologic symptoms or signs when…
Human screams signal more than fear and are more acoustically diverse than previously thought, according to a study published today (April 13th, 2021) in the…
A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control — leading to binge-eating — in…
Fluorescence microscopy image of protein condensates forming inside living cells. Credit: Weitz lab, Harvard University Artificial Intelligence can ‘predict’ the biological language of cancer and…
Gene Changes Linked to Severe Repetitive Behaviors Seen in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Drug Addiction
Green fluorescence in a mouse brain highlights clusters of striosomal neurons (yellow arrow) that send distant connections, also green, to cells that produce dopamine in…
Findings debunk dozens of prominent published papers claiming to read minds with EEG. Is it possible to read a person’s mind by analyzing the electric…
Researchers believe they may have discovered a possible cause of a mystery condition that can leave sufferers suddenly unable to walk, talk, or see. It’s…
Interaction between auditory and reward brain circuits underpins musical pleasure. Communication between the brain’s auditory and reward circuits is the reason why humans find music…
This image shows an octopus in active sleep. Credit: Sylvia L. S. Madeiros Octopuses are known to sleep and to change color while they do…
Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studies. In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some…
Spinal cord illustration of pro-inflammatory cells (red) and anti-inflammatory MRC1+ macrophages (blue). Credit: Zylka Lab, UNC School of Medicine The discovery, from the UNC School…
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against depression by a completely different mechanism than existing…
Compared with a control (left), treatment with the novel GSM (right) reduces the number of amyloid plaques (green) and proinflammatory cells called microglia (magenta) in…
Treatable sleep disorder common in people with thinking and memory problems. Obstructive sleep apnea is when breathing is repeatedly interrupted during sleep. Research has shown…
Dreams take us to what feels like a different reality. They also happen while we’re fast asleep. So, you might not expect that a person…
Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a molecular mechanism that plays a central role in intact long-term memory. This mechanism is also involved…