Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Long-term outcome research indicates that deep brain stimulation holds promise for the treatment of intractable major /topics/Depression" class="cnnInlineTopic">depression and obsessive-compulsive ...

A new study suggests that taking a two-hour nap during a night shift may help restore brain function and memory in nurses.

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

For more than a century, Alzheimer’s disease has been framed as irreversible. Once memory and thinking decline, recovery has ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, is now known to be ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The new research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Synapses are the highly specialized connection sites between neurons enabling the establishment of complex neuronal networks. As ...

Synapses are the highly specialized connection sites between neurons enabling the establishment of complex neuronal networks. As highly plastic structures, synapses collocate both the transmission and ...