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Scientists created new tools to study brain messenger proteins called neuropeptides in the brains of behaving animals, discovering they are the primary messengers in the fear circuit in mouse brains, and that multiple neuropeptides work together to ach…

A new study reveals that neurons establish ‘mini-computers’ very early in life to make the brain computationally powerful.

Is it possible to assess an individual’s risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry. A team now shows that overly strong or weak interconnections between certain brain areas could be a predictive marker of the di…

Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of ‘self medication’ to ease bipolar’s life-altering symptoms of mania, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and more. But a n…

Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you’re having fun? A new study suggests that there’s a lot of truth to the trope.

Researchers have developed a new formal description of internal world models, thereby enabling interdisciplinary research. Internal world models help to make predictions about new situations based on previous experience and to help find one’s bearings….

In a new study on the impact of doomscrolling from an existential perspective, researchers warn that habitual checking of disturbing stories on social media is linked with changes to how we view humankind and the meaning of life.

A new collaboration explores the neural substrates of blushing in a MRI scanner.

Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.

Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological explanation for the drug’s mind-bending effects.