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In set of four integrated studies, Harvard researchers find that sadness, but not all negative emotions, heightens craving to smoke and likelihood of relapse.

Columbia scientists have identified a brain circuit that drives fruit flies’ ability to see in color — and found that it bears a striking resemblance to the circuitry behind our own capacity for color vision.

A new method to simultaneously study both structure and function of synapses in intact brain circuitry of mice has been published in Neuron.

Scientists at Rutgers University-Newark have discovered that when a key protein needed to generate new brain cells during prenatal and early childhood development is missing, part of the brain goes haywire – causing an imbalance in its circuitry that can lead to long-term cognitive and movement behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorder.

Researchers have developed a computer method that uses magnetic resonance imaging and machine learning to rapidly forecast genetic mutations in glioma tumors.

A recent study finds seven in ten Canadians with a history of generalized anxiety disorder are free of the disorder and 40% are in excellent mental health, with high levels of life satisfaction and happiness

Dogs spontaneously process basic numerical quantities, using a distinct part of their brains that corresponds closely to number-responsive neural regions in humans, finds a study at Emory University.

A preliminary study has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau, a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, in their blood than when they had a full, uninterrupted night of rest.

Researchers have created the first lab-dish models of the segmentation clock using stem cells derived from adult human tissue. The achievements not only provide the first evidence that the segmentation clock ticks in humans but also provide the first in vitro systems enabling the study of very early spine development in humans.

A new study suggests that the same mechanisms that enable rapid learning during early development are also involved when heightened learning is triggered during adulthood.