A team of researchers from Spain was curious to know if people with high psychopathic traits have anomalies in the brain's ...

An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data showed that children accepted by their parents and more resilient to trauma tend to have an accelerated pace of cortical thinning, ...

New neuroscience research identifies Glutamine Synthetase as the key enzyme driving postnatal brain maturation and neuronal connectivity via the mTOR pathway.

The human brain develops through an intricate balance of cellular growth, connectivity, and metabolism. A new study reveals ...

An influential hypothesis in neuroscience is that the brain may operate near criticality, a transition zone between subcritical dynamics, associated with excessive inhibition, and super-critical ...

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

Living brain tissue can now be made transparent, helping scientists see deeper neurons while keeping cells active.

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a ...