New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat ...

Just like ChatGPT and other generative language models train on human texts to create grammatically correct sentences, a new modeling method trains on recordings of birds to create accurate birdsongs.

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and ...

Cambridge researchers are developing implants to help repair brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. As part of a £69 ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

A novel brain circuit that drives craving for sweets after meals, explaining why we always have room for dessert. Blocking it ...

It is popularly believed that old age inevitably brings about the mind’s decline. Recent research by neuroscientists and ...

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The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

Researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large ...