After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain implant originally developed to help people with epilepsy, researchers in ...

Many older adults struggle with sleep as their brains fail to switch off, a study reveals. Insomniacs' brains remain alert ...

Researchers have discovered a distinct cluster of brain cells in mice that behaves like an on and off switch for sex-specific social behaviors, turning on permanently in females but remaining quiet in ...

Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Scientists have discovered a brain “pain switch” that prioritises survival needs ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The brain may lie at the biological center of our lived experience, but the scientific underpinnings of ...

Neuroscientists identify a CRF-neuron "switch" in the brain's BNST region that, when activated, allows for significantly faster unlearning of fear responses.

Researchers identify the fusiform imagery node as the brain's "imagination hub," explaining why strokes can cause the loss of visual mental imagery.

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections and, as a result, in signal transmission between neurons. For the first time, DZNE researchers have observed an ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a crucial developmental process in the brain's hypothalamus may influence how susceptible individuals are to obesity. Their ...