The causes of Alzheimer’s disease have long puzzled researchers, especially when most older adults show signs of the illness ...

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Sleep-wake rhythms in normal adults usually have a periodicity of 24 hours, while 48-hour sleep-wake cycles have been ...

A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) ...

A joint study conducted by the University of Bonn and the DZNE has confirmed early-stage brain inflammation in mice.

Our lives are filled with binary decisions—choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

Researchers use biocompatible polydopamine nanoparticles and near-infrared light to remotely trigger activity in neuron and ...

Most people associate laughing gas with dentists’ offices, where it’s used to ease anxiety and dull pain. While its nickname ...

The mammalian brain is known to produce mental representations of the spatial environment, known as cognitive maps, that help ...