Researchers show organoids respond to external sensory stimuli

A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in...

Study finds direct link between spatial goals, behaviour in brain

Mice use a specific brain mechanism to automatically flee to cover when threatened, according to study results from...

Study finds good-bad feelings for brain stem serotonin

New insights into the opposing actions of serotonin-producing nerve fibres in mice could lead to drugs for treating...

Link between metabolism changes in brain, Huntington's disease

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a connection between metabolic abnormalities...

Chronic exposure to low levels of blast linked with neurotrauma

Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research demonstrated that biomarkers associated with traumatic...

Good and bad feelings for brain stem serotonin

New insights into the opposing actions of serotonin-producing nerve fibres in mice could lead to drugs for treating...

New insight into serotonin-producing nerve fibres in mice

Drugs for the treatment of serious depression and addiction may result from new understandings of the competing...

Brain area required for fluid intelligence identified

Parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience, also known as fluid...

Study suggests stem cells help determine new schizophrenia drugs

Neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses can be brought on by inflammation and an overactive immune system in the...

Study sheds light on how the brain stores remote fear memory

A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past, a few months to decades ago....

Researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue

Scientists used patient stem cells and 3D bioprinting to produce eye tissue that will advance understanding of the...

Key neurons that maintain body temperature in mammals identified

A group of neurons, called EP3 neurons, in the preoptic area of the brain play a key role in regulating body...