Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified a previously uncharacterized neural circuit that directly links ...

New research shows how CCN1, a protein secreted by astrocytes, is critical for stabilizing neural circuits in adulthood.

The ideas presented in George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan's The Neural Mind are fascinating, but the writing is far less ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior.

La Jolla residents Brian and Danielle Miller, owners of Geppetto’s Toys, which has a location in La Jolla, played an ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed look at how the psychedelic drug psilocybin facilitates the unlearning of fear in the brain. The research reveals that the drug does ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit – or a connection between two brain regions – drives relapse after opioid use, a finding that could lead to more effective ...

Depression and anxiety may heighten cardiovascular disease risk through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body.

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.