Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are coming ever closer to uncovering the neural circuitry that translates stimulus to action, shining light on previously unseen neural connections and lesser-known ...

A team at Northwestern University has fabricated artificial neurons by printing them onto flexible plastic, and the tiny ...

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

MIT researchers tracked activity across a worm’s entire nervous system, revealing how odors trigger intentional navigation.

How does the placebo effect work? A new study identifies the vlPAG brain region and endogenous opioid signaling as the keys to expectancy-driven pain relief.

I have spent many years as a psychiatrist being frustrated at the lack of treatment options for patients with terribly debilitating psychiatric illnesses.” — Dr. Mary L. Phillips, Distinguished ...

Researchers suggest tunneling may reflect a conserved strategy adopted by specialized migratory cell types in dense tissues.