A new study led by Eric Kandel, MD, has identified a protein that could form the basis of a treatment for age-related memory loss.
Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, discusses research that purports to be a step toward systems that can assess competence using brain data.
Anthony Fitzpatrick, PhD, is among those turning the corner in the effort to understand, heal and improve the human brain.
Neuroscientists have discovered unexpected resilience in the brain.
Research led by Randy Bruno, PhD, suggests that challenging the brain early after damage can speed up healing.
Joseph Gogos, MD, PhD, writes that even drugs whose development was stalled or canceled might show promise for illnesses they were never meant to treat.
The latest research from Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, and his lab shows how elephant-nose fish navigate their surroundings.
A team led by Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, suspects this mechanism in fish brains is similar to a mechanism in all animals, including humans.
Charles Zuker, PhD, and researchers in his lab have untangled the connection between food and pleasure in the brains of mice.
Neuroscientists have eliminated sugar cravings in mice by "switching" on and off transmitters in the brain's emotion center.
