In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology sheds light on how heroin exposure alters brain function related to social ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Recreational drug use during adolescence may disrupt development of an understudied part of the prefrontal cortex, according to a study of male mice published in eNeuro. Cecilia Flores and ...

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

In a study published in Cell on July 10, a team from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) of the Chinese ...

A traditionally overlooked type of RNA plays an important role in promoting resilience to depression-but only in females.

Faulty wiring of the prefrontal cortex during development leads to abnormal brain activity and cognitive impairments related to mental illness, according to a mouse study published in JNeurosci ...

Mouse prefrontal cortex represents learned rules for categorization. Nature, 2021; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03452-z; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; Chicago; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

About four or five months after conception, a burst of synaptic growth begins in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of the human fetus. And within this tangled mass of connections, the developing brain ...