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A new study confirms the role of dopamine neurons in reinforcing the effects of heroin in mice, and could help to refine addiction treatment as well as the development of non-addictive painkillers.

Liquid biopsy approach provides a molecular-based tool for tumor characterization, and is the first to indicate clinical utility of ctDNA for longitudinal surveillance of diffuse midline glioma.

By studying barn owls, scientists believe they've taken an important step toward solving the long-standing mystery of how the brain chooses what most deserves attention. The finding likely applies to all animals, including humans, and offers new insight into what goes wrong in brains of people who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Researchers are always seeking more reliable and more efficient communications, for everything from televisions and cellphones to satellites and medical devices. However, some of the most exciting techniques are highly energy demanding. Now, researchers are using brain-inspired machine learning techniques to increase the energy efficiency of wireless receivers to make communications greener.

Pathway identified which affects stress-induced lipid metabolism, implicates epigenetic dysregulation in relevant human diseases.

LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study by researchers of the University of Zurich and Yale University shows. The study also provides insights into how mental health disorders develop and how these could be treated.

The transmission speed of neurons fluctuates in the brain to achieve an optimal flow of information required for day-to-day activities, suggests a new study. The results, appearing in PNAS, suggest that astrocytes alter the transmission speed of neurons by changing the thickness of myelin.

For the first time – in Norway and internationally – researchers have looked at the direct correlation between brain size and cancer risk in adults.

The blinking lights and exciting jingles in casinos may encourage risky decision-making and potentially promote problem gambling behaviour, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.

Scientists from UdeM and University of Windsor have discovered a neural pathway that links olfaction to locomotion in fish.