New research has pinpointed the specific brain region and neuron type responsible for reducing anxiety using the psychedelic ...

Their findings deepen our understanding of how sensory information and behavioral choices are intertwined within the cortex -; the brain's outer layer that shapes our conscious perception of the ...

Shown are the three main neuron types in the lateral horn of the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster: inhibitory projection neurons (green) respond to attractive odors; third-order neurons of the ...

The quest to map the human brain is one step closer. Scientists have managed to map the brain of a fruit fly - which is ...

If we make the conservative guess that each neuron has 1,000 synapses, that would put the total synaptic connections in your cortex at 30 trillion — a number so large that it is literally beyond ...

Minimal exposure durations required for visual processing of stimulus attributes can reveal the system’s priorities. Here, the authors show a distinct sequence of minimal exposures needed for ...

Psychedelics have been used in indigenous cultures for centuries, with empirical evidence of their mood and perception altering effects.

Psychedelics—such as LSD and psilocybin—are structurally similar to serotonin, a neurotransmitter that plays a major role in regulating mood, cognition, and perception. The drugs disrupt ...

Brains are bewilderingly complicated systems of connections between neurons. Mapping those connections is an important step in understanding how brains work. Scientists have recently completed the ...

Biology and psychology unite in the field of neuroscience, to tackle questions such as the brain’s role in pain perception or the underlying cause of Parkinson’s disease. Computer simulations ...