The amygdala is a paired structure deep within the brain, consisting of several nuclei. Two nuclei are responsible for fear: ...

Recent experimental findings suggest that d-amphetamine, a potent central nervous system stimulant, can override learned ...

New research offers a rare glimpse into how popular weight-loss medications affect electrical activity deep within the human ...

"It's been known for decades that cancer can flatten healthy day-night stress hormone rhythms,” says CSHL’s Jeremy Borniger. ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

The Beatles' song Yesterday was written in what psychologists refer to as the "hypnagogic state". This is the twilight zone ...

Borniger lab has found that breast cancer forces neurons (green) in a region of the mouse hypothalamus called the ...

New research has uncovered a process in the brain that could pave the way for future treatments of neurodevelopmental and ...

Multiple teams have used powerful imaging, targeted placebo experiments, and AI to map and understand the brainstem’s pain ...

New research reveals that even a small loss of myelin—the protective coating around neurons—can severely disrupt how the brain sends and interprets sensory information.