Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

Curiosamente, encontraron que, en respuesta a la ingravidez simulada prolongada, los cerebros de los participantes mostraron cambios significativos en el volumen de los cuerpos de las células ...

This study overall shows there is an interplay between the BBB and CB1 receptors on perivascular astrocytes that influences chronic stress resilience.

For years, BAMs were hidden in plain sight, often mistaken for other immune cells. That changed with new tools like fate mapping (tracks a cell’s developmental origin) and single-cell RNA sequencing, ...

By Inès Picard Awareness for mental health has gone through a striking transformation in the past decade– but has it actually changed anything about medicine? In his daring new novel, Has Medicine ...

Imagine if scientists could control specific brain functions with the ease of flipping a switch. This vision is closer than ever, thanks to chemogenetics—a tool that allows scientists to precisely ...

Most people don’t think of the brain and the immune system as partners in maintaining one’s health. Yet, in recent years, the field of neuroimmunology has uncovered a fascinating and complex ...

The world around us is beyond complicated. One theory of how the brain deals with this complexity is by creating cognitive maps. In part one, we discussed the underlying ideas behind cognitive maps ...

By Alvi Khan Functional and stereotactic neurosurgery is one of the many subspecialties of modern neurosurgery, which also includes neuro-oncology, skull base, spine, and endovascular subspecialties.