The habenula plays a crucial role in processing negative feedback and regulating motivation. When we experience disappointment or perceive a lack of reward, the habenula becomes active, leading to ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears ...

A Macon woman accused of killing her husband claimed Monday afternoon in court that her family was in danger, but a judge ruled it was up to a jury to decide.

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law ...

"This model is a first-draft model of the entorhinal-hippocampal episodic memory circuit. It's a foundation to build on to understand the nature of episodic memory. That's the thing I'm really excited ...

Tesla issued a recall for over 200,000 electric vehicles due to an issue with its latest computer hardware that can short circuit and disable ... which acknowledges faulty computers are in some ...

What Is White Matter Disease? White matter disease is the wearing away of tissue in the largest and deepest part of your brain. The loss of white matter function has a number of causes ...

The gene neuropilin2 encodes a receptor involved in cell-cell interactions in the brain and plays a key role in regulating the development of neural circuits. Neuropilin2 controls migration of ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

To win a race at Reims-Gueux, a driver needed patience. The 5.6-mile circuit was built on roads carving through the French countryside, in a roughly triangular shape. To have the edge, you needed ...

A study by UC San Francisco reveals that specific brain circuits when stimulated can reverse depressive symptoms in mice, pointing towards innovative treatments for human depression. Scientists have ...