Neuroscience

A study by Eawag and Zurich University researchers using a new imaging method has revealed that, surprisingly, cocaine accumulates in...

Can having a few drinks help people with clinical depression feel better? Yes. At least in terms of biochemistry. In...

Over two thirds (68 per cent) of the public would like more rest, according to the world’s largest ever survey...

Every action we take involves a cost to us in physical energy, yet studies about decision-making have tended to look...

The brain’s biological clock stimulates thirst in the hours before sleep, according to a study published in the journal Nature...

Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The...

An experimental positron emission tomography (PET) tracer can effectively diagnose concussion-related brain degeneration while a person is still alive, according...

Current methods to control epilepsy, which affects 1 in 26 Americans, are not only inefficient but haven’t improved in more...

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be the...

An ancient area of the midbrain of all vertebrates called the corpora quadrigemina can independently contol and reorientate the eyes,...

People who are too frightened of flying to board an airplane, or too scared of spiders to venture into the...

Increasing the concentration of specific fats in the brain could suppress epileptic seizures. This is evident from ground-breaking research carried...

Sight, touch and hearing are our windows to the world: these sensory channels send a constant flow of information to...

A research group at Uppsala University has investigated how levels of endocannabinoids — which target the same receptors as cannabis...