New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Why do we sometimes keep eating even when we're full and other times turn down food completely? Why do we crave salty things ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseasesScientists discovered that sugar ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, the D. H. Chen Professor II, a professor of ...

The data were collected from people about to have surgery. They show that as anaesthesia takes hold, the interplay between ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

Modern neuroscience and the computational modeling of the activities of vast, integrated neural networks provide fruitful ...