Columbia researchers who were using mouse models to better understand the role of serotonin in depression got results that ...

Mechanism involving neurons that stimulate fear, and ones that suppress it, could help to explain conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and ...

Information gathered in just one cubic millimeter of a rodent’s cerebral cortex will help unravel the complex neural networks behind cognition ...

Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to ...

Researchers in Japan found that estrogen produced within the brain, called neuroestrogen, suppresses appetite and reduces ...

UNIGE scientists have identified a brain circuit that may be at the root of the social difficulties experienced by ...

The blood-brain barrier border protects the brain by regulating the flow of molecules, peptides, and cells, but it also keeps out many therapeutics. Now, researchers have harnessed the power of a ...