You've probably seen movies where life-threatening events unfold in slow motion. Those moments during a car crash or a fall ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

Consciousness should not be deemed as an ‘all-or-nothing’ cognitive function but rather as a graded and multi-dimensional ...

This important study establishes the first vertebrate models of DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome, revealing conserved craniofacial and social and behavioral phenotypes across mouse and zebrafish that mirror ...

The investigational orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist oveporexton improved cognitive symptoms of narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) in ...

The hippocampus is a forebrain structure located within the medial temporal lobe that consists of the subiculum, CA1, CA2, CA3 and dentate gyrus regions. The hippocampal formation also includes the ...

Our everyday lives are shaped by conscious experience. At times, this experience is pleasant, such as feeling sunlight on your skin, hearing birds ...

The fornix is a white matter bundle located in the mesial aspect of the cerebral hemispheres, which connects various nodes of a limbic circuitry and is believed to play a key role in cognition and ...

Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...

Explore 10 interesting human brain facts, its structure, functions, and importance to learning, memory, behaviour, and exam ...

Researchers have identified how a single mutation in the GPX4 enzyme causes neurons to undergo ferroptosis, leading to severe early-onset dementia.

A new, implantable nanosensor enables real-time monitoring of levodopa. It may allow dosing challenges in Parkinson's ...