Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective ...

If Benjamin Braddock, of The Graduate fame, were a young neuroscientist in the 21st century instead of a liberal arts graduate in 1967, the advice he received from his parents’ neighbor might not have ...

Research has identified a mechanism through which insulin-like growth factors facilitate brain plasticity. The insulin super-family of hormones, including insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), ...

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable ...

A recent study sheds light on the mechanisms of neural plasticity induced by the antidepressant fluoxetine. A recent study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, conducted by researchers from the ...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, and chronic visceral pain syndromes, affect a ...

University of Tennessee, Knoxville neuroscientist Keerthi Krishnan studies how genes, especially MECP2, shape brain ...