Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the ...

A key feature that appears to facilitate neuroplasticity is the distinct nature of neurons compared to other cells.

Once in the hippocampus, memories and learning can be transmitted to different parts of the brain and retrieved whenever ...

In the brain, tRNS may enhance learning by gently boosting the activity of underperforming neurons, helping them get closer ...

Scientists have discovered that forming a mental map of a new environment takes more than just recognizing individual ...

Unlike previous systems that convert brain signals into text, this BCI synthesizes actual speech almost instantaneously. The ...

Thanks to a team at the University of California, Davis, there's a new brain-computer interface (BCI) system that's opening ...

For the first time, a lab-grown brain-computer system has demonstrated that human neurons living and evolving in an ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brainstem respond very differently to acute versus chronic pain, potentially ...

New research uncovers why acute pain fades but chronic pain lingers—revealing how the brain's pain-regulating system breaks down and pointing to new treatment possibilities.