Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

For years, BAMs were hidden in plain sight, often mistaken for other immune cells. That changed with new tools like fate mapping (tracks a cell’s developmental origin) and single-cell RNA sequencing, ...

This study overall shows there is an interplay between the BBB and CB1 receptors on perivascular astrocytes that influences chronic stress resilience.

Lauren Wagner Lauren Wagner is a PhD candidate studying Neuroscience at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she uses magnetic resonance imaging and behavior to understand the neural bases ...

By Shiri Spitz SiddiqiThis sacrificial dilemma is known as the trolley problem, a thought experiment dreamed up by philosopher Philippa Foot in 1967. Perhaps most widely known as a meme today, the ...

Earlier in his career, my boss worked on this problem with Dr. Adrian Owen, a neuroscientist now at the University of Western Ontario. Monti, Owen, and their colleagues wanted to find out which ...

The core team of Knowing Neurons comprises a group of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, who specialize in different areas of neuroscience. We discuss and edit all content on the site, write ...

On a lifelong quest to understand why humans do the things they do, Sneha has always been amazed by the fact that this 1.4 kg chunk sitting in our heads drives everything we think, feel, and do. It’s ...

En 2015, un grupo de investigadores de neurociencia realizó un estudio análogo de vuelo espacialutilizando una técnica llamada reposo en cama con inclinación hacia abajo (RCIA). En lugar de enviar ...