How does APOE4 cause Alzheimer's? A new study identifies the Nell2 protein as the driver of neuron shrinkage and brain ...

What is the brain exposome? A new 34-country study shows how environmental and social factors like air pollution and poverty interact to accelerate brain aging.

Can TMS reach the hippocampus? A new study demonstrates that personalized noninvasive brain stimulation can modulate deep ...

A research team at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has developed a test that can determine a person’s chronotype based ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.

How does brain metabolism affect aging? Researchers received a $3.3M NIH grant to study neurometabolic coupling and Alzheimer ...

How does the brain clean itself during sleep? A new ultrafast MRI method tracks cerebrospinal fluid flow without contrast ...

What causes sudden aggression? A new study identifies the LH-DRN brain circuit that triggers physical attacks in mice.

Researchers have mapped how "histone bivalency" acts as a molecular clock for brain development. By holding genes in a poised state, this mechanism ensures neurons mature only after completing ...

What is the CAMEO organoid sensor? Researchers have created a low-cost, carbon nanotube-based microelectrode array to monitor ...

Researchers have settled a 60-year-old debate in neuroscience, proving that the visual cortex constructs complex images from ...

Is chronic pain a separate brain function? A new study maps the neurological loop between the spinal cord and cortex that drives persistent pain.