A new Yale study has revealed that neurons—the energy-hungry cells that connect and direct activity in the brain—are equipped ...

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For more than six decades, neuroscientists have wrestled with a fundamental question about the human brain: Do adults ...

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Rockefeller scientists identified a hormonally primed brain circuit in mice that governs sexual receptivity in females and ...

High school students learn that Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to associate the sound of a bell with getting food. The ...

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Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

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