Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified neurons that are essential for mice to engage in social interactions ...

Closing in on 25 years since the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks, WTC responders continue to suffer long-term effects from their exposures at Ground Zero. One issue of possible growing concern is ...

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for many disorders. Researchers have now constructed a detailed structural map of ...

Using computational models, the researchers studied how the brain's reward-learning system functions in those with depression, especially among individuals experiencing anhedonia, the inability to ...

Ever since the first half of Grey's Anatomy season 21 came to a dramatic end at the end of last year, fans have been clamouring for the next instalment. Well, there's some good and bad news on ...

January 7, 2025 New Once Human codes have been added to the list. What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a ...

Previous research has found differences in gene expression between humans and chimpanzees, and that human cells tend to have higher gene expression, but the picture was blurry. The brain is made ...

Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images The human brain is a biological marvel, stuffed with some 86 billion neurons tangling in ways that even scientists have not yet been able to fully map and ...

These differences impact the rate of growth of different brain regions. Evidence suggests that on average, the frontal lobe (which promotes self control) and the amygdala (which controls ...

as the brain’s inherent speed limit persists. Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies’ sensory systems gather data about our ...