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Focused ultrasound, the researchers hope, could revolutionize treatment for conditions from Alzheimer’s to epilepsy to brain tumors — and even help repair the devastating damage caused by stroke.

The reason why we sleep remains an unresolved question of the 21st century. Research now shows that the depth of non-rapid-eye-movement (nonREM) sleep in humans is associated with different genetic versions of a gene that encodes a water channel involv…

When we fall asleep, our brains are not merely offline, they’re busy organizing new memories — and now, scientists have gotten a glimpse of the process. Researchers report the first direct evidence that human brains replay waking experiences while asl…

The discovery of a common neural mechanism in speech and ASL errors — one that occurs in just 40 milliseconds — could improve recovery in deaf signers after a stroke.

For the first time, physician-scientists have identified two clusters of depressive symptoms that responded to two distinct neuroanatomical treatment targets in patients who underwent transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) for treatment of depre…

Learning changes behavior by altering many connections between brain cells in a variety of ways all at the same time, according to a study of sea slugs. The findings offer insight into how human learning can impact widespread brain areas.

In the debate about nature versus nurture for developing reading skills, cognitive neuroscientists have a clear message: both matter. From infancy, children have a neural scaffolding in place upon which environmental factors build reading skills. Scien…

Comparing the brains of mice that exercised with those that did not, researchers found that specific neurotransmitters switched following sustained exercise, leading to improved learning for motor-skill acquisition. Underscoring the critical benefits o…

Researchers have discovered a neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress. Emotional stress signals are processed in the ”emotion” circuits and integrated in the DP/DTT. The integrated signals are transmitted to the hypothalamus…

The mechanism underlying Parkinson’s dyskinesia has been unknown, until now. An international collaboration has found a key cause, and with it, potentially, a new route to providing relief.