Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through your central nervous system, serving multiple roles: it protects your brain, takes out the cellular trash, and even ...

The Neuroscience of Reciprocity, we explored how altruistic behavior activates the brain’s reward system. In this continuation, we shift our focus to fairness and trust— deeply ingrained instincts ...

As long as dogs avoid speaking human language and we lack the technology to translate, interpreting your companion’s behavior remains difficult–especially if you see your canine as “a little quirky”.

Medications including clomipramine and a veterinary version of Prozac known as fluoxetine have since been successfully prescribed to manage symptoms of PTSD and anxiety in canines (Chutter et al., ...

By Sneha Mathur Imagine standing in line at a café when someone blatantly cuts ahead of you. A flash of indignation flares up – “Hey, that’s not fair!” On the other hand, think about how you would ...

Bu fikir sinirbilim alanında nispeten yeni olsa da, “son giren ilk çıkar” örüntüsü uzun süredir var olan bir biyolojik teoriyi temsil eder. 1881’de Fransız psikolog Théodule-Armand Ribot, retrograd ...

Evidence suggests that feeding your brain with the plant-based diet of the Mediterranean regions may reduce the risk of cognitive problems, effectively making you live a longer and healthier life.

Weight trainers often espouse the “mind-muscle connection”. But what actually happens to the brain during strength training? Surprisingly, even a few weeks of weight training alter the nervous system, ...

As you sit here reading this article, your cells are working away in your body performing all the diverse biochemical reactions necessary to keep you going. As they chug along, they accrue mutations, ...

Snap! Crackle! Pop! Those are the sounds that Professors David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel heard in the early 1950s when they recorded from neurons in the visual cortex of a cat, as they moved a bright ...

Check out this infographic describing the Golgi Complex and it's role in the brain!