Bioelectric Drugs Can Repair and Prevent Defects in Developing Frog Brains
Researchers suggest the discovery offers a roadmap for exploration of therapeutic drugs that could help repair birth defects in humans. Researchers led by biologists at…
Researchers suggest the discovery offers a roadmap for exploration of therapeutic drugs that could help repair birth defects in humans. Researchers led by biologists at…
Brain network activity predicts working memory abilities during development. A child’s unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to research recently published…
A molecule commonly produced by gut microbes appears to improve memory in mice. A new study is among the first to trace the molecular connections…
An MRI in each other’s arms shows how physical contact alters the brains of couples. Researchers at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre have developed…
Remote, brain region-specific control of choice behavior with ultrasonic waves. Noninvasive pulses of ultrasound waves aimed at specific regions in the brains of macaque monkeys…
Strengthened amygdala pathways increase aggression, may be targets for PTSD treatment. Traumatic stress can cause aggression by strengthening two brain pathways involved in emotion, according…
New research from a team of international scientists shows how swelling associated with brain and spinal cord injury can be stopped using a drug already…
2-photon calcium imaging (5x speed) of the activity responses of neurons in hippocampal area CA1 of a mouse as it learns to associate a neutral…
The reference atlas, years in the making, offers common ground to put neuroscience findings in context. After three years of intensive data-gathering and careful drawing,…
International team of researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows. An international team of evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed…
Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors offer an energy and cost-efficient platform for various AI and IoT applications. The advent of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and…
Scientists have discovered an earlier origin of the human language pathway in the brain, pushing back its evolutionary origin by at least 20 million years….
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers advance neuromorphic computing. Only 10 years ago, scientists working on what they hoped would open a new frontier of neuromorphic…
Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the journal Radiology suggests that the impact of…
Humans have a number of ways to learn how to do new things. One of those ways is through observation: watching another person perform a…
A new form of magnetic brain stimulation rapidly relieved symptoms of severe depression in 90% of participants in a small study conducted by researchers at…
Australopithecus afarensis (‘Lucy’) had ape-like brain organization, but prolonged brain growth like humans Scientists have long been able to measure and analyze the fossil skulls…
Stress restructures the brain by halting the production of crucial ion channel proteins, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. Stress harms the brain…