If a small stroke in one corner of the brain can tip a previously healthy person into mania or set off obsessions and ...

Researchers reveal that TMS repairs depression by regrowing dendritic spines on specific IT neurons in the prefrontal cortex.

Its pyramidal neurons (PNs) form the largest known autoassociative network in nature, an immense matrix of memories that can ...

Over the past decades, neuroscience studies have painted an increasingly detailed picture of the human brain, its organization and how it supports various functions. To plan and execute desired ...

Researchers have built AI systems capable of steering targeted brain circuits in real time, moving neuroscience closer to precise, closed-loop control of neural activity. These tools pair machine ...

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alter brain circuits in the amygdala and dopamine system to reduce the motivation to seek out high-calorie foods.

A comprehensive new review published in the journal Science China Life Sciences synthesizes decades of research to explain how anxiety and depression arise from a complex interplay of genetic ...

A new study from the University of Virginia reveals that a widely used class of weight-loss drugs does more than suppress appetite-it directly alters brain circuits that control motivation and reward.

Newer oral weight loss drugs could be doing more than only suppressing appetite -- they may also be directly altering brain ...