University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University scientists have discovered that a hindbrain-derived peptide, octadecaneuropeptide (ODN), can suppress appetite and improve glucose regulation without ...

Acute alcohol exposure impairs CRF-induced cholinergic activity.

Two lateral striatal subregions integrate the acquisition of stimulus-based decision-making in spatiotemporally and functionally different manners, challenging the prior model through a dominance ...

New research from the University of California San Diego finds that chronic administration of cannabidiol (CBD) may significantly reduce alcohol dependence and prevent alcohol-induced brain damage, ...

Research shows that neurogenesis, collateral sprouting, synaptogenesis, exercise, and an enriched complex housing environment all enhance overall brain and body potential.

In at least two parts of the brain, a subset of neuroscientists believe that neurons may continue to form throughout life–the hippocampus and the ventral striatum.

Over the past decades, some lawyers have started using brain imaging scans as evidence during criminal trials, to provide a possible explanation for the criminal behavior of defendants. This was ...

Tech Culture mit generative ai MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity AI users displayed shorter memory and significantly fewer connections between regions of ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to new treatments for sleep conditions ...

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman kept on life support for months, delivered her baby in Georgia after being kept alive on life support for months, her mother said.

A published in 1978 showed the levels of insulin in the rat brain were “at least 10 times higher than that found in plasma … and in some regions … 100 times higher”. If true, why isn’t ...

Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...