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Dopamine signaling within the cerebral cortex can predict changes in the extent of communication between key brain networks during working memory, report scientists.

JCU Associate Professor Zoltan Sarnyai said it was the first meta-analysis study to compare the level of cortisol in a waking patient’s body with the stage of schizophrenia they are suffering.

In a study using tadpoles, neuroscientists tracked how the brain develops its sense of whether two sensory inputs — for example, vision and touch — happened at the same time.

Scientists have discovered how just two neurons in the brain hold the key to explaining how complex behavioral decisions are made. Scientists studied the brain activity of freshwater snails and discovered how a circuit comprising of just two neurons ca…

The expansion of the cerebral cortex sets humans apart from the rest of their fellow primates. Yet scientists have long wondered what mechanisms are responsible for this evolutionary development. New research has pinpointed a specific long nocoding rib…

A new study has found evidence that an enzyme known as NMNAT2 may help protect against the debilitating effects of certain degenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

Compared to other mammals, humans have the largest cerebral cortex. A sheet of brain cells that folds in on itself multiple times in order to fit inside the skull, the cortex is the seat of higher functions. It is what enables us to process everything …

Sensory information enters the brain at the primary sensory cortex, where they are processed by different layers of cells in ways that ultimately influence an animal’s perception and behavioral response. Scientists have now watched the flow of informat…

A new aspect of how the process forgetting works has been uncovered by researchers. The finding indicates a protein called ‘Scribble’ orchestrates the intracellular signaling processes for forgetting, joining several molecules to forge a pathway.

Neurofeedback using electroencephalograpy boasts thousands of practitioners and appears to both improve normal brain function and alleviate a wide variety of mental disorders — from anxiety to alcoholism. But after examining the scientific literature …