A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a discovery that could help refine future stem-cell therapies for paralysis. The ...

Within human neuroscience, recent advances have transformed our perspective on depression and anxiety, reframing them as conditions of network-level ...

Over the past decades, neuroscience studies have painted an increasingly detailed picture of the human brain, its ...

Researchers developed a refined optogenetics method to precisely control long-range brain circuits in marmosets. By targeting ...

Mice are prey animals, and while they must be able to move around looking for food, it is just as important that they can get to safety quickly—two opposite needs that are equally vital to their ...

Brain stimulation might sound like some Frankensteinian demonstration from a Victorian science fair. But in reality, it is a contemporary technique making a huge impact in neuroscience by addressing a ...

A collaborative research study co-led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Liber Institute ...

Forgoing sleep to watch one more episode of the latest show, to read one more chapter of a thrilling book, or even to pull an all-nighter, is not uncommon. But sleep deprivation can catch up to people ...

Whether it is a Friday-night drink with friends, a quiet glass of wine to unwind after a long day, or as a wedding toast, alcohol has woven itself into celebration, comfort, and routine. This ...