How do brain regions communicate? Researchers introduce a new optogenetic method to target long-distance circuits in ...

Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new insights into how high gamma activity—an informative, widely studied ...

Brain imaging offers a way to examine how different regions of the brain participate in cognitive function”— Dr.

Ever wake at night needing a drink of water and then find your way to the kitchen in the dark without stubbing your toe? Researchers at the University of California, San Diego say they have identified ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those ...

“I tested it three or four times before I believed it,” said Shigenori Inagaki of the discovery that enabled the breakthrough ...