In an unprecedented new study, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are released during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing new insights into how ...
University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons in the brain. The ability to regulate ...
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a novel pathway to wake up dormant neural stem cells, ...
MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection. "I just can't make it tonight. You ...
More than 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease accounts for the majority of cases. For decades, drug developers have aimed almost exclusively at one target: the ...
Somewhere in the tangle of a brain under siege by Parkinson’s disease, immune cells appear to be doing something remarkable: building microscopic rescue tunnels to dying neurons, sucking out toxic ...
As the day winds down and fatigue sets in, you might find yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you’re there. You may even struggle to find a simple word during a conversation. Sound ...