In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex predicts the future by detecting novel stimuli and forming short-term memory ...

Alpha-GPC, a choline-rich supplement, enhances brain health by increasing acetylcholine, with potential applications in ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

A study published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine shows that cannabidol (CBD) delivered via nanoemulsions may help ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

A second trial of a clot evacuation approach to remove a hematoma in spontaneous ICH has shown some encouraging results, despite a neutral primary endpoint.

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen-like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Understanding the neural circuits that drive anxiety may help researchers discover circuit-specific targets and therefore ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.