For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind for life. Adolescence is a major turning point not only for social and ...

Adolescence marks an important transition not just socially and physically, but neurologically. During this period, higher cognitive ...

Exosome-associated THSD7A is identified as a key trigger of filopodia formation in cancer cells and neurons, revealing a novel pathway with implications for metastasis, neuronal connectivity, and ...

Researchers identify two key proteins that allow chandelier cells to connect with excitatory neurons. This "handshake" regulates brain signals and, when disrupted, may lead to epilepsy or autism.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

To study how a key chemical neuromodulator affects signaling in the brain's cortex, Garrett Neske, PhD, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation, a nonprofit ...

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University has obtained ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...