Researchers discover a new dopamine signal in the striatum that acts as a guidance system, encoding trajectory errors to steer behavior toward goals.

Researchers discover that the prefrontal cortex models the behavior of social partners, allowing groups to self-correct and maintain collective survival during hardship.

Harmonious chord progressions strengthen neural activity in social brain regions during face-to-face interaction, promoting biological bonding.

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression or resilience.

Researchers discover the SELK neuron, a single-cell decision-maker in fruit flies that weighs sweet vs. bitter signals to determine whether to eat or flee.

International researchers develop NTAC, an AI that identifies neuronal types with 90% accuracy based purely on synaptic connectivity, outperforming traditional shape-based methods.

New research identifies a specific neural pathway (Pdyn+ neurons) that carries stress signals from the brain to the skin, triggering eczema flares by activating eosinophils.

Researchers develop TRFS, a non-invasive radio frequency technique that can suppress or excite deep-brain activity to treat depression, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s.

Researchers discover that the brain proactively builds sentence structures during speech using predictive processing, explaining why second-language listening is difficult.

A machine-learning study finds that "brain age" calculated from sleep EEG waves can predict dementia risk, with a 10-year age gap increasing risk by 40%.

Researchers discover that a mutation in the grin2a gene impairs a thalamocortical brain circuit, preventing the brain from ...

A massive study of 700,000 medical records reveals that teenagers with cannabis use disorder face a 52% higher risk of schizophrenia compared to those using other substances.