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 ...

Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine ...

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.

University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a steady ...

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

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led research has found stress-controlling brain cells switch on and off in a ...

Researchers have demonstrated that brain cells learn faster and carry out complex networking more effectively than machine ...

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

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

Otago researchers found that stress-controlling CRH neurons in the brain switch on and off every hour, even without stress.