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Researchers find that the sugar myo-inositol is abundant early in lactation and increases synapse size and abundance in the developing brain.

The transcriptional profiles in the brains of prairie voles changed after a long breakup, revealing a molecular shift that might help them cope with the loss of a partner.

Psychedelics are evolutionarily ancient compounds produced by fungi, plants, and microbes. Humans also synthesize psychedelics. Researchers want to know how and why.

Steven Barker is on a forty-seven-year-long journey to understand the mind-blowing science of psychedelics.

Extra copies of four interferon receptor genes found on human chromosome 21 trigger developmental changes in a mouse model of Down syndrome.

Rebecca Shansky studies both female and male rodents to ensure that scientists have a complete and unbiased picture of the brain.

Scientists developed new tools for brain reconstruction and analysis to create and characterize a complete brain wiring map of the fruit fly larva for the first time.

A new brain network responsible for complex movements may upend what we know about neural maps in primary motor areas

The mutation prevents certain amino acids from entering neurons, causing the cells to die early in development.

The changes may help explain the link between maternal infection and autism, though more research is needed.

The effect appears to be mediated by a gut-secreted peptide that signals to neurons in the brain that modulate the response to mechanical vibrations.

The Lundbeck Foundation announces an international cohort of neuroscientists have collectively won the €1.3 million Brain Prize.

A wiring map diagrams more than half a million neuronal connections in the first complete connectome of Drosophila and holds clues about which brain architectures best support learning.