Research Articles
The Signal and the Noise: How Scientists Learned to Isolate the Brain's True Message
Discover how scientists solved the challenge of separating brain signals from scalp interference in fNIRS technology, revolutionizing brain imaging during motor tasks.
The Habenula: How a Tiny Brain Circuit Shapes Our Deepest Emotions
Explore the habenula, a tiny brain structure that plays a crucial role in emotional processing, depression, addiction, and our response to rewards and disappointments.
Autoimmune Dementia: When the Mind Turns Against Itself
Exploring autoimmune dementia, an emerging concept revolutionizing how neuroscientists understand cognitive disorders and potentially reversible cognitive decline.
Rewiring the Painful Brain: A New Path for a Mysteriously Misfiring Nervous System
Explore how cutting-edge pain neuroscience, mental imagery, and graded activity are offering new hope for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) treatment.
Unlocking the Brain's Secrets: The Wearable Tech Revolutionizing Animal Research
Explore how wearable neuro-stimulators are revolutionizing neuroscience research by enabling brain studies on freely behaving animals.
Lighting Up the Brain: How Optogenetics is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Neuropsychiatric Diseases
Explore how optogenetics is transforming our understanding of neuropsychiatric diseases like depression, addiction, and schizophrenia through precise neural circuit control.
Freud's Blueprint: How a Neurological Project Anticipated the Modern Brain
Exploring how Freud's early neurological work anticipated modern neuroscience concepts like the Hebbian synapse and synaptic plasticity.
The Mind-Body Problem in Psychiatry: A Journey Through Time and Consciousness
Explore the historical evolution of mind-body interaction theories in psychiatry from Cartesian dualism to modern neuroscience approaches.
Astrocytes: The Brain's Unsung Heroes in Mood and Resilience
Discover how star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes use cannabis-like signaling to protect mental health from chronic stress through their endocannabinoid system.
The Agoutis: A Future Model for Ecologically Relevant Neuroscience and Physiology In Natura
Exploring agoutis as a bridge between lab mice and human translation, highlighting their ecological relevance for neuroscience and physiology research.