The research aims to understand motivated behaviors, such as why animals seek food or explore their environment. His lab has ...

To survive in complex and unpredictable environments, humans and other animals need to learn to predict the consequences of ...

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface to modulate ...

FAU neuroscientists have identified that the receptor IL-1R1 plays a critical role in enabling neurons to directly communicate with the immune system. The new study provides the most detailed mapping ...

A new study offers insights into how the gene neuropilin2 contributes to the development of behavioral changes associated with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy.

A computational model explains how place cells in the hippocampus can be recruited to form any kind of episodic memory, even when there's no spatial component.

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Collaborative research is driving the development of future treatments to ease symptoms of autism and epilepsy. The ...

Male and female mice both prefer social interaction with female mice under normal conditions, but both switch to preferring males when their survival is threatened, according to a new study by Anqi ...

Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong University and collaborating institutions in China have identified sexually dimorphic ...