Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human ...

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code ...

Brain ion channels have molecular memory, changing shape after repeated signals, affecting neurotransmitter release.

We mostly breathe subconsciously, but columnist Helen Thomson finds evidence that the brain functions differently when ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections ...

Aha moments may have their own mechanism in the brain, causing improved memory, new research from Duke and the University of ...

Cognitive neuroscientist Laura Pritschet, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, is fascinated by how female hormones, including estrogen and ...

The smallest grooves on the brain's surface, unique to humans, have largely been ignored by anatomists, but recent studies show that they're related to cognitive performance, including face ...

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they're often dismissed as an uninteresting ...