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Scientists have demonstrated that the motor cortex is necessary for the execution of corrective movements in response to unexpected changes of sensory input but not when the same movements are executed spontaneously. Signatures of differential neuronal…

Scientists have discovered a novel function of blood vessels in orchestrating the proper development of neuronal cellular networks in the brain.

Scientists have discovered how a type of RNA, called Evf2 enhancer RNA, regulates key genes during a critical stage in embryonic brain development.

Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors’ offices, researchers have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer’s in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.

Researchers find that the ‘noise’ in the brain can be attributed to fluctuations in internally generated signals such as attention.

Two-thirds of current cancer patients, and more than three-quarters of former cancer patients aged 50 and over, are mentally flourishing despite their illness, according to a new study.

The need to help retirees make prudent spending decisions has led to the growth of a large industry of financial advisors, but a new article suggests that improved policy approaches may be more effective. A new study reviews the psychology behind rapid…

Scientists have devised a way of observing the working of single neurons in unsurpassed detail in a live animal.

Combination immunotherapy shrank melanoma that has spread to the brain in more than half of the patients in a clinical trial.

In the fruit fly, a single pair of brain neurons command backward locomotion in both larvae and adults, researchers report. The methodology behind the discovery provides a way for scientists to link other direct connections between individual brain neu…