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…
“Nature and nurture is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature…
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…
Nearly every American who has become a parent in the last decade has heard the slogan, “breast milk is best,” and has likely been encouraged…
In a feat of nanoengineering, scientists have developed a new technique to map electrical circuits in the brain far more comprehensively than ever before. In…
In a new study, Yale researchers report the healing effects of stem cells in spinal cord injury can be aided by their ability to hitch…
The nervous system has the capacity to change based on experience. This plasticity is thought to underpin the formation and retrieval of memories. How plasticity…
A pioneering study has found that patients with Parkinson’s disease have more errors in the mitochondrial DNA within the brainstem, leading to increased cell death…
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…
New research examining brain lesions in individuals with a history of criminal behavior found a common link to a network involved in moral decision-making. The…
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…
Very old rhesus monkeys exhibit similar patterns of brain pathology as human Alzheimer’s patients, researchers report in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of…
Combining neuroscience with algorithms and network science, Yale researchers have developed a method of analyzing the neuronal connections of individual brains that allow them to…
Scientists have long sought to unravel the molecular mysteries that make the human brain special: What processes drove its evolution through the millennia? Which genes…
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…
The first study to actually count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, including cats and dogs, has found…