A new study suggests that the long-term antidepressant effects of psychedelics may be driven by persistent changes in how ...

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

Recent analysis of human brain tissue suggests that a small and often overlooked region deep within the brain may play a central role in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that neurons in the ...

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

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.

Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, interfered with speech, and stimulating specific tissues could lead to specific ...

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