Fixing the balance of a single brain circuit erased anxiety and social deficits in mice, revealing a powerful new target for ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain’s hippocampus that store memories of specific locations. These cells also play an important role in storing ...

Engineers are starting to build hardware that does not just run artificial intelligence, it behaves like a primitive form of ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a long elusive goal: pinpointing the exact brain cells that make anxiety surge or suddenly ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper published ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper published ...

A missing brain molecule may be disrupting neural wiring in Down syndrome, according to new research. Replacing it in adult mice rewired brain circuits and improved brain flexibility, challenging the ...

Even though scientists have made leaps and bounds in computer innovations, we may be able to admit that no computer is equivalent to the human brain. So, engineers from Stanford University decided to ...

A study published in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine A recent study from Cell inches us closer to understanding ...