To confirm the mechanism, they administered naloxone, a drug that blocks opioid receptors. Placebo pain relief was completely ...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a specific brain circuit that may help explain the ...

Scientists used a tool called SynTrogo to edit brain circuits in mice, showing that trimming select synapses can make ...

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

While tics have been considered to result from an aberrant function of the brain's motor cortex, a Kobe University mouse ...

How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the ...

Placebo effects, in which patients experience relief without therapeutic treatment, increasingly have been considered as ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Using sensors and a light-activated drug, the team mapped neural pathways used by endogenous opioids to send pain relief ...

Serotonin from antidepressants may amplify tinnitus, offering insight into why ear ringing can worsen during treatment.

What’s going on in your teen’s brain? Are they going to be okay? Parental influence is crucial to systems that shape lifelong ...