Optogenetics Allows Light to Control Brains
In order to search for better cures for neurological and psychiatric diseases, researchers have had to tackle the mammalian brain and its intricate complexity of…
In order to search for better cures for neurological and psychiatric diseases, researchers have had to tackle the mammalian brain and its intricate complexity of…
How does the human brain recognize faces and distinguish between genuine faces and objects that resemble faces? A new study by Professor Pawan Sinha at…
Neuroscientists know a lot about the functionality of our brain cells and recently they furthered that knowledge with a new discovery. By tracing the interaction…
I’m talking about your brain, so get yours out of the gutter. A new study reveals that MRI brain scans can be used to identify…
We all know that stress is bad for us but did you know it can trigger an immune molecule in the brain that damages memory?…
Plug-and-play took on a whole new meaning in the movie, The Matrix, where people could learn kung-fu or how to pilot a helicopter by just…
A common condition that occurs after a stroke affects one side of the brain is hemispatial neglect, where the affected person isn’t able to recognize…
According to Smithsonian researchers, the brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their body cavities and even overflow into their legs. They…
Maybe those 19th-century doctors were on to something when they used electroshock therapy as a treatment for a myriad of medical problems. New findings that…
Scientists have reported that they have successfully transplanted human stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of living mice. Human embryonic stem cells grown in a…