Changing levels of the brain protein KCC2 can alter how reward associations form, reshaping the learning process that links ...

A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues ...

Scientists mapped brain activity across the day and found the same neurons create completely different networks depending on ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward and motivation while we're awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new.

A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues with rewards can be altered by increased or decreased activity of a specific ...

I just can't make it tonight. You have fun without me." Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social ...

Scientists discovered that altering levels of the KCC2 protein can dramatically change how the brain forms reward associations. Reduced KCC2 boosts dopamine activity, making new habits—good or ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network ...

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks.

Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...