New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

Researchers at Stony Brook University used genetic manipulation in a laboratory brain model to demonstrate that neurosteroids ...

Arianna Maffei in her lab viewing a slice of brain that shows the mark of the infusion in the gustatory cortex (identified by the red and yellow). This is one of the images which helped the ...

This study presents solid evidence for distinct neurotransmitter release modalities between two subclasses of dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb, highlighting an important finding that ...

New research suggests that Alzheimer’s disease damages the brain in two separate phases, with the first phase happening ...