The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a network of neural connections. But how are these signals adjusted to refine our perceptions? Pixabay illustration image A team from the ...

This study presents a fundamental discovery of how cerebellar climbing fibers modulate plastic changes in the somatosensory cortex by identifying both the responsible cortical circuit and the ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

Previous applications of TUS were limited, as they were imprecise and too weak to target areas deeper in the brain. Parkinson ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

The finding comes from data of more than 550,000 adults ages 56 to 72, as well as genetics information from 2.4 million study ...

Lead exposure remains a public health issue around the world, even after decades of remediation efforts. According to the ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...