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Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory — the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it — coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of information.

Researchers have advanced the understanding of how the cerebral cortex develops by tracing the lineage of certain brain cells.

A research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in prolonged elevation of the hormone cortisol after they give birth.

A new study offers a first look into the complex molecular changes that occur in brain cells with Lewy bodies, which are key pathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease and some dementias. The findings reveal that brain cells with Lewy bodies exhibit…

A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain connection.

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the neural basis of numerical ability and disability in h…