Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

This study overall shows there is an interplay between the BBB and CB1 receptors on perivascular astrocytes that influences chronic stress resilience.

For years, BAMs were hidden in plain sight, often mistaken for other immune cells. That changed with new tools like fate mapping (tracks a cell’s developmental origin) and single-cell RNA sequencing, ...

the strength to which activity between a pair of brain regions covaries or correlates over time. That is, if two brain regions are consistently active at the same time, they are said to be ...

Snap! Crackle! Pop! Those are the sounds that Professors David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel heard in the early 1950s when they recorded from neurons in the visual cortex of a cat, as they moved a bright ...

Astoundingly, weight training has been shown to protect subregions of the hippocampus—a brain region involved in cognition and long-term memory—from degeneration in populations at risk for Alzheimer’s ...

Evidence suggests that feeding your brain with the plant-based diet of the Mediterranean regions may reduce the risk of cognitive problems, effectively making you live a longer and healthier life.

The Lesson Plans are part of Knowing Neurons’ Translation Project, where we work with the Spanish and Portuguese Departments and the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los ...

We are often asked what neuroscience books we recommend, so we put together a small library of textbooks, neuroanatomy books, and books about various neuroscience topics for you to peruse! If you have ...

While being chased by these monsters, a glimmer of hope arises from their slow and disjointed movement. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter responsible for many functions in the brain, including reward, ...