Place cells are neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, that help the brain keep track of the body’s location in space. Arrays of these cells form a cognitive map, firing off electrical ...

How complex neural circuits are genetically designed and wired is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Scientists have ...

Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

Brain-stimulating contact lenses are as effective as Prozac at treating depression in mice via retinal pathways.

A team at Harvard studying the social behavior of mice found that the brain treats isolation and loneliness in much the same way it processes hunger or thirst. Within the hypothalamus, the brain’s hub ...

If you ask someone how to lower their risk of a heart attack, most people can name a few steps. But if you ask how to reduce dementia risk, many would assume it is out of their control. But that ...

The brain-computer interface developer Synchron has laid out plans to build an artificial intelligence model trained on the language of cognition—instead of words or pictures—with programs that are ...