Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

High‑frequency brain stimulation that synchronizes frontal–parietal activity led people to choose more generously, suggesting that altruism depends on rapid neural coordination.

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The Department of Psychological Science will welcome Tom Adams, Ph.D., of Yale University School of Medicine, for a visit March 29 focused on advancing understanding and clinical practice in obsessive ...

A new study reveals how cocaine use alters brain circuits tied to memory and reward, leaving the brain more vulnerable to relapse.

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

Vagus nerve stimulation may treat many diseases by changing brain signals, inflammation, and organ communication.

Cognito's $105 million Series C will advance their pivotal FDA study, expand clinical neurology partnerships, and expand work past Alzheimer's into Parkinsons and beyond.

In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not just electricity. By showing that stimulating one frog’s heart released a ...

Vagus nerve modulation is already used to treat conditions from epilepsy and depression to migraine and rheumatoid arthritis ...

In a landmark study published in Cell Reports, scientists demonstrated that mouse cortical organoids (miniature, lab-grown ...

Living human neurons were trained to play Doom, extending the long-running engineering benchmark into biological computing.