NeuroScience

Summary: Closely related dopamine-releasing neurons in the olfactory bulb behave in fundamentally different ways depending on their physical structure. One...

Summary: Dopamine may not control the strength or speed of movements as long believed. Instead, it appears to function as...

Summary: A large 25-year study found that people who ate more high-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of...

Summary: Depression and anxiety may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease through chronic stress pathways in the brain and body....

Summary: Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it develops, but musical improvisation offers a rare opportunity to observe the...

Summary: Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in old age, regardless of whether...

Summary: New research shows that deep learning can use EEG signals to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal dementia with high...

Summary: New research reveals that even a small loss of myelin (the protective layer surrounding neurons) can severely alter the...

Summary: Physical exercise activates extracellular vesicles (EVs), small particles in the blood, to act as temporary transport shuttles for key...

Summary: New research shows that rats with naturally higher basal levels of the stress hormone are significantly more likely to...