Understanding how a healthy brain works can provide insight into how it fails, too. Scientists hope that studying organoids derived from humans with neurodevelopmental disorders — particularly ...
The neuropeptide oxytocin is a special messenger substance that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. It is acting ...
No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.
On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in colour. With ...
Hearing just 16 seconds of music helps your brain predict what comes next, shaping memory, emotion, and how songs make sense.
A recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research reveals that men who have committed sexually sadistic crimes ...
A new animal study shows how the neuropeptide oxytocin specifically promotes social behavior. Researchers have demonstrated that oxytocin acts directly in the medial prefrontal cortex, a central area ...
"For us, communication is about giving her as much autonomy and voice as possible," Jess Markins tells PEOPLE of her ...
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most recently “Livewired.” ...
Researchers have uncovered something extraordinary: starfish don't have five arms. They are, genetically, one massive, ...
The Biofisika Institute (CSIC, EHU) and several Basque institutions are studying CTNNB1 syndrome, a rare disease linked to ...