Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in ...

To map the mammalian brain and its various functions with increasing precision, neuroscientists rely on high-resolution imaging techniques and other advanced experimental tools. These include ...

Just a few days after scientists announced we're at a pivotal tipping point in Alzheimer's disease research, a team has made ...

A new study reveals that oxytocin’s ability to enhance social behavior depends heavily on the recipient’s motivation.

Owen, now at Western University in London, Canada, and his colleagues had introduced a new way to test for consciousness.

A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that used mice to show that social hierarchy involves status-dependent ...

A new microscope combines ultrafast light pulses with sound detection to map single-cell molecular activity far deeper than ...

Researchers have discovered that stress hormones pulse every hour, driving shifts in mood, energy, and wakefulness.

A new Neuron meta-analysis suggests brains operate at a “critical point” between chaos and order—optimizing memory, learning, ...

Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master learned movements—a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes ...

These patterns of activity are so complex that they are best described as geometric objects in high-dimensional spaces. One example of such an object is a torus, which resembles a donut.

Most food-dye molecules are too large to cross the blood brain barrier and do not affect brain function. The toxicity of food ...