The EEG-based method could help clinicians identify patients with severe brain injuries who are actually capable of some cognitive function, despite appearing unresponsive.

Breslau found that interpersonal traumas, not just combat or natural disasters, can cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

In mice, seeing and smelling food causes immediate cellular changes that ready the liver to convert incoming amino acids to proteins.

This is the first time researchers have tested the use of the reprogrammed stem cells in the human brain.

Young rats injected with a synthetic cannabinoid have more of the brain’s motivating dopaminergic signaling and fewer numbers of inhibitory neurons than controls.

A zebrafish model of the birth defect craniosynostosis provides insights into how the condition develops.

People who have suffered traumatic brain injury had slower reaction times and more false starts after disrupted sleep than well-rested controls, according to a study presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Offspring of rats exposed to vaporized cannabis had difficulty switching strategies to get a sugar reward, according to a study presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference.

Researchers flipped light-sensitive proteins upside down for a new twist on optogenetics.