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

A team of scientists at Duke University made a mouse just a bit more human. They didn’t give it speech or opposable thumbs.

New research published in Nature Communications sheds light on what happens in the brain during moments of sudden insight — ...

A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally ...

A study from UC Berkeley reveals that the depths of tiny grooves on the brain’s surface, known as tertiary sulci, are linked ...

Neurons in a brain region linked with substance-use disorders can affect how much pain is felt when stopping chronic opioid ...

A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally ...

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 ...

Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening again. When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps ...

Researchers at Mount Sinai found that ezogabine, a drug activating KCNQ potassium channels, helps reduce depressive symptoms and anhedonia by modulating brain activity. Functional MRI showed the drug ...