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While it’s well known that sleep enhances cognitive performance, the underlying neural mechanisms, particularly those related to nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, remain largely unexplored. A new study has nonetheless uncovered a key mechanism by whi…

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking microscopy method that enables detailed three-dimensional (3D) RNA analysis at cellular resolution in whole intact mouse brains. The new method, called TRISCO, has the potential to transform our understanding…

A new study analyzed data from participants who have been followed for over 50 years, starting before their births. Researchers found that maternal immune activity during a critical period of sex-dependent brain development in pregnancy affected the of…

Researchers have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks in the human brain — interconnected systems that support everything from sensory processing to complex decision-making — paving the wa…

Young adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, a new study has found. The breakthrough paves the way for psychosis treatments targeting symptoms that current medications miss.

Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words ‘hippos’ (horse) and ‘kampus’ (sea monster), the hippocampus is a brain region crucial for memory formation. But until recently, scientists have not been able to link memory formation to d…

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps to identify depression based on both s…

Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations. Known as cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CV…

Defining cerebral palsy only as a childhood condition fails to acknowledge the many adults living with the disease.

Scientists discovered a brain circuit that allows us to regulate voluntary breathing, which connects the brain’s emotional and behavioral cortical area to its automatic breathing brainstem area. The findings provide a targetable area for slowing breath…