Brain and nervous system research, and the imaging and recording technology that makes it possible.
30 articles
Astrocytes, a kind nervous cells that do not conduct electrical signals, react to sensations. Thanks to tiny microscopes developed at the Salk Institute, researchers have discovered...
Researchers from Salk Institute and the University of Austin, Texas have discovered that the memory capacity of the brain is 10 times higher than previously estimated....
Researchers from Duke University have recently found evidence of brain changes caused by habits. Habitual behavior leaves a mark on certain neural circuits that stimulate...
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a disconnection in an emotion-processing brain network in people with major depression. The findings will help...
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a new neural circuit that circumvents the brain region that controls decision-making processes in cocaine addicts. The...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have solved the structure of a toxic protein aggregate that causes Amiotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)....
A team of scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) have recently published a study that correlates depression risk with a...
Researchers from University College London (UCL) have discovered a key element for the absolute painlessness experienced by some people. The mutation in the sodium channel...
