This study provides novel and convincing evidence that both dopamine D1 and D2 expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell are crucial for the expression of cue-guided action selection, a ...

A new mouse study of spatial memory suggests that the brain's representation of places "drifts" over time. Memories of places ...

Even without infection, the COVID-19 pandemic aged our brains. A new study found that accompanying stressors like isolation ...

Scientists at UCSF have uncovered how certain immune cells in the brain, called microglia, can effectively digest toxic ...

There is only one way to fully understand neuroimaging techniques, such as electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures ...

As the research participants thought about future scenarios, optimists displayed similar neural patterns, but pessimists ...

Age-related memory decline is often linked to reduced activity and division of neural stem cells (NSCs), but the underlying ...

Neanderthal genes may explain why some people have Chiari malformation type I, a condition in which the brain bulges out of the back of the skull.

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary ...

The tiny 'backward' brain of an ancient sea creature hints that spider ancestors might have gotten their start in the ocean.