A standard EEG test requires electrodes that come with pitfalls. A spray-on ink, capable of carrying electrical signals, avoids some of those.
The speed at which our brain can tell smells apart is on par with color perception, a new sniff device shows.
The ouch of hair pulling is transmitted with the help of a protein used to sense light touches. These details could lead to new treatments.
Mice given semaglutide, the key ingredient in drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, lost weight, but they also voluntarily ran less on a wheel.
By tracing every single connection between nerve cells in a single fruit fly’s brain, scientists have created the “connectome,” a tool that could help reveal how brains work.
The finding suggests that a drug to ease swelling can speed recovery and stop cell death.
Brain scans revealed that teenagers with larger attention-driving networks were more likely to develop depression.
The neuroscientist considers themself an outsider, which allows them to embrace people who have been marginalized, including people who have HIV.
Freek van Ede seeks to understand how the brain selects information to plan for the future. He’s finding clues in the tiny movements people make with their eyes.
Andrea Gomez, a Berkeley molecular and cell biologist, applies her wide-ranging curiosity to brains’ mysteries ranging from synapses to psychedelics.
