Neuroscience News

Ketamine was no more effective than placebo in reducing depressive symptoms in surgical patients with major depression, results of a new study, which contradict prior research, suggest.

The number one thing most people fear as they age is developing dementia. As the world’s population becomes increasingly older, this is a growing public health issue too.

A study in mice suggests that the most pronounced changes that occur over time are in the white matter—neurons that are integral to transmitting signals across the brain. The research also examined how two anti-aging treatments—caloric restriction and inf

Cyclic sighing appears to be particularly effective among different breathing exercises and better than mindfulness meditation, according to a study  au

Just how long does marijuana affect your motor skills or impair driving? Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Keith Humphreys said the answer is a complicated one.

Features like Sleep Focus and Bedtime Mode may help you get a good night’s rest. 

Wu Tsai Nero affiliate Kristen K. Steenerson shares her insights on a new web-based system that could potentially let patients treat themselves at home.

Brain cells are crucial for triggering fights — but also become active when mice merely observe fights.

Oxytocin signaling may not be responsible for prairie voles’ strong social bonds, including their proclivity for staying close to their mates according to re

Experts, including Stanford researchers, weigh in on whether the newly approved Alzheimer's treatment lecanemab is worth taking.

New study builds the foundation for future success against brain decline.

Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.

In a study done with mice, horses and people, Jonathan Long and colleagues found clues as to which types of exercise suppress appetite and why.

Anna Lembke explains how compulsively checking feeds, never feeling satisfied and being anxious without your phone are clues that your social-media use isn’t healthy.

Schwartz’s team and others have amassed a large body of evidence showing that immune cells do, indeed, have a significant role in the brain, even in the absence of autoimmune disease

16 years ago, Dennis DeGray was paralyzed in an accident. Now, implants in his brain allow him some semblance of control.