Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are finally stepping into the neuroscience spotlight. A new Florida Atlantic ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn't just hear it-it ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

The field of epilepsy research has rapidly evolved with an appreciation that seizures arise from dysfunctions in distributed brain networks rather than ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life. But, ironically, that life-saving rush of blood can also trigger a second ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

Faces are so important to social communication that we’ve evolved specialized brain cells just to recognize them, a new study ...

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about creativity. For instance, there is this idea that you must be a bit mad to be creative. Yes, the research suggests that creative people are able to ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...