Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

When you’re low, you may experience adverse symptoms like a headache, dehydration, or mental confusion. Here’s how to tell if you’re low on electrolytes and what to do.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are part of one common brain circuit.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Tree structures have been widely used to model intelligent behavior, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and language ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Harvard researchers have mapped and cataloged more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a ...

In the first episode of The Deep End Podcast, we meet Jon Nelson, who shares why he volunteered to get brain implants for his relentless depression.