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Meeting new people can be both stressful and rewarding. Research at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, reported in Nature Neuroscience, suggests that a molecule involved in regulating stress…

In humans and other mammals, the cerebral cortex is responsible for sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. A new study shows that the global architecture of the cortical networks in large-brained primates and small-brained rodents is organized by com…

Capitalizing on experimental genetic techniques, researchers have demonstrated that temporarily turning off an area of the brain changes patterns of activity across much of the remaining brain.

Adaptation in reaching — gradual improvement of motor control in response to a perturbation — is a central issue in motor neuroscience. However, even the cortical origin of errors that drive adaptation has remained elusive. Scientists have now shown …

The choroid plexus, a largely ignored structure in the brain that produces the cerebrospinal fluid, is an important regulator of adult neural stem cells, research indicates. The study also shows that signals secreted by the choroid plexus dynamically c…

Transgenic Huntington’s disease monkeys display a full spectrum of symptoms resembling the human disease, strengthening the case that they could be used to evaluate emerging treatments before launching human clinical trials.

People who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at high risk for developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. But blood-thinning medications started within 72 hours of hospital arrival have a significant protective effect against these…

University athletes with a history of concussion had changes in the size, blood flow and connections in their brains months and even years after the injury — changes not seen in athletes without prior concussions, a new study has found.

Ratings of our own abilities are strongly influenced by the performance of others, according to a study published July 20 in Neuron.

One of the first large-scale, long-term studies to investigate the effects of hormone therapy on memory in postmenopausal women draws a blank.