For roughly 40 years, the working assumption in neuroscience went something like this: the hippocampus, the brain’s primary ...
Every time you brace your abs to lift a bag of groceries or hold a plank, your abdominal muscles do more than stabilize your ...
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alter brain circuits in the amygdala and dopamine system to reduce the motivation to seek out high-calorie foods.
Scientists have created a new way to map how brain cells connect by assigning each neuron a unique molecular “barcode.” Using ...
Deep within the brain, scientists have uncovered a hidden “switch” that may decide whether pain fades away—or lingers for months or even years. Researchers found that a small, little-known region ...
Trying to document how single brain cells participate in networks that govern behavior is a daunting task. Brain probes called Neuropixels, which feature high-density silicon arrays, have enabled ...
New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...