Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a specific brain circuit that may help explain the ...

How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.

Scientists used a tool called SynTrogo to edit brain circuits in mice, showing that trimming select synapses can make ...

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

New research shows that sleep loss alters specific memory circuits, but also hints that a familiar compound may help restore ...

(seb_ra/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The neurotransmitter serotonin, best known for its role in regulating mood, may also ...

A cross-disciplinary team led by Prof. Qu Jianan from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Prof. Julie L ...

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the ...

Placebo effects, in which patients experience relief without therapeutic treatment, increasingly have been considered as ...

Researchers at Pennington Biomedical have identified a group of hindbrain neurons that respond directly to the liver hormone ...

A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms). Led by scientists at NYU ...

A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...