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The nervous system depends upon the tightly regulated spatial and temporal communication that occurs between neurons at specialized connections called synapses. Chemical signals called neurotransmitters,…
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a cellular pathway that allows specific synapses to become stronger during memory formation. The findings provide the first glimpse of the…
A new study by a team of University of Pennsylvania neuroscientists shows that precisely timed electrical stimulation to the left side of the brain can…
MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about relies on low-frequency brain waves known as beta rhythms. In…
When you enter a room, your brain is bombarded with sensory information. If the room is a place you know well, most of this information…
Roughly, one in a hundred adults has problems with speaking fluently. Not much is known about the causes of persistent developmental stuttering, which is the…
Steak or ice cream? To make the choice, the brain assigns a value to each option. For example, at dinnertime, steak may be ranked more…
A new study from MIT provides evidence for an alternative timekeeping system that relies on the neurons responsible for producing a specific action. Depending on…
New research from Yale University reveals that the laminin alpha 5 molecule is crucial to the maturing of the adolescent brain. For a decade, the…
According to MIT neuroscientists, the existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised. Learning and memory are generally thought…
A new study from Yale University shows that glucose levels are reduced in the brains of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes compared to…
New research shows that electrical stimulation can quickly — and reversibly — increase or decrease executive function in healthy people and change their behavior. Robert…
In these short videos, researchers use a glass brain and pulses of light to show how information flows between different regions of the brain. The…
New research from MIT reveals that memories are formed simultaneously in the hippocampus and the long-term storage location in the brain’s cortex. When we visit…
MIT neuroscientists identify the brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior in a brain region thought to be linked with fear. Scientists have long believed that…
In a newly published study, researchers at UCLA reveal that head injuries can harm hundreds of genes in the brain in a way that increases…
New research from Yale University and NYU reveals that older adults are less inclined to take risks due to changes in brain anatomy rather than…
New research from Yale University shows that the entire brain is disrupted for 10 seconds or more at a time in absence seizures. Scientists believed…