Scientists recorded the brain's sleep switch firing in real time - and the feedback loop they uncovered reshapes what we know about deep sleep.

Scientists watched the brain’s sleep switch fire in real time — and the feedback loop they found changes how we understand ...

UC Berkeley just mapped the brain circuit behind your nightly growth hormone surge - here's why your first 3 hours of sleep matter.

Placebo effects, in which patients experience relief without therapeutic treatment, increasingly have been considered as ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.

The hippocampus is a key brain region involved in memory formation and spatial orientation. It transforms short-term memories ...

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra University and the Montreal ...

Anxiety is no longer being viewed merely as a psychological feeling of fear or unease. Increasingly, neurologists and endocrinologists are describing it as a "neuroendocrine imbalance," a problem ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a previously unseen pattern among the rapid-firing neurons inside the brain, one that reveals how distinct networks located in specific areas ...

The HKUST research team includes co-corresponding authors Prof. Qu Jianan (right, back row) and Prof. Julie L. Semmelhack (right, front row), together with co-first authors Mr. Yan Gewei (left, back ...