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One patient with diabetes was able to reduce his medication use while receiving targeted electrical pulses.

Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.

An algorithm trained to move through a virtual environment spontaneously generated patterns of activity found in so-called grid neurons.

A map of neural networks in the striatum of the mouse brain reveals clues about psychiatric and movement disorders.

After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.

This is the first time the precise brain cells and their connections controlling a complex behavior have been worked out. 

A proposed definition of the disease emphasizes signs of neurodegeneration and the presence of β-amyloid and tau, rather than cognitive symptoms.

MRI data suggest prenatal exposure to the medication increases the volume of brain regions vital to processing emotions.

Researchers identified thousands of immature neurons in the brain region, countering a recent result showing little, if any, signs of neurogenesis.

The findings suggest that faster synthesis, rather than decreased clearance, causes the protein to build up in neurons.

The finding suggests corvids may have an innate sense of number.

Failure to produce evidence of neural precursor cells and immature neurons raises questions about the role of the process in learning and memory.

A whole-genome analysis of people who experience color when they listen to sounds points to a handful of genes involved in neural development.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

Research into the biological basis of gender identity is in its infancy, but clues are beginning to emerge.

Brain studies have yielded a mixed picture of the neural similarities and differences between people of different genders.

The pre-peer review assessment finds the compound has “minimal effects,” but endocrinologists and others say key data have yet to come out.

Transcriptional profiling of post-mortem human brains reveals commonalities in the genes over- and under-expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and major depression. 

Researchers develop a new technique to selectively activate neurons deep in the rodent brain, taking a step toward noninvasive brain stimulation for neurological disorders.