In the cerebral cortex, numerous neurons exchange information through junctions known as synapses. The strength of each ...

We're overcomplicating happiness. While we chase complex solutions, research shows the most effective mood boosters are ...

Differences in political beliefs appear to be rooted in brain differences in how we process emotion. Understanding our ...

UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop remarkably similar ...

Scientists at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology have discovered a key connection between high levels of iron in the brain and increased cell ...

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that the strength of synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex ...

Dementia poses a major health challenge with no safe, affordable treatments to slow its progression. Researchers at Lawson ...

Ambroxol, long used for coughs in Europe, stabilized symptoms and brain-damage markers in Parkinson’s dementia patients over ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

This is an important study that combines replications of findings and novel detailed MRI investigations to assess the impact of environmental enrichment and maternal behavior on mice brain structure ...

Tau protein is essential for microtubule stability and neuronal function. The protein’s disfunction is linked to several ...