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A new study reports the serotonin system is made up of multiple parallel pathways that affect the brain in different, and sometimes opposing, ways.

Researchers use focused ultrasound to safely and non-invasively open the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer's patients.

Researchers report just one night of sleep loss can have a tissue specific impact on metabolism and the regulation of gene expression. The study could explain why those who suffer chronic sleep loss or work shifts are at...

The human desire to create ever bigger and more impressive structures is insatiable. The pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the Great Wall of China, and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai--now the tallest edifice in the world at over 828...

Researchers have identified two subpopulations of neurons in the BNST that connect to separate populations of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus which appear to drive two opposing emotional states; avoidance and reward ...

Throughout history, we have used tools--hammers, canes, paintbrushes--as natural extensions of our bodies. These tools seem to disappear into our hands. But today's electronic devices are unlike the simple tools of the p...

You can thank the solar system's head-spinning early years for Earth's rotation.

Using patterned light to illuminate an object and then flashing those same patterns on a screen can let our eyes build up an image that isn't really there

(European Society of Cardiology) Munich, Germany -- Aug. 26, 2018: The use of an oral anticoagulant medicine in medically ill patients for 45 days following their discharge from the hospital reduces the rate of non-fatal...