Research Articles
The Empathic Brain: How We Feel Others' Pain and Why It Sometimes Fails
Explore the neuroscience of empathy, its neural circuits, dysfunction in psychiatric conditions, and promising interventions for empathy-related disorders.
The Surprising Protector in Our Brains: How a Cellular Prion Protein Defies Aging
Discover how the cellular prion protein (PrP[C]) protects against age-related cognitive decline and neurochemical changes in groundbreaking neuroscience research.
Rethinking the Fear Center: How Brain Damage Challenges Everything We Know About Threat Response
Discover how recent neuroscience research challenges the amygdala's role as the brain's fear center, revealing minimal impact of damage on threat responses.
The Frontal Lobe: More Than Just the CEO of Your Brain
Explore the complex functions of the frontal lobe, the brain's command center for thoughts, actions, and personality.
Reconceptualizing Anhedonia: Rebalancing the Brain's Pleasure Networks
Explore groundbreaking research on anhedonia, revealing it as a multifaceted breakdown in the brain's reward system involving distinct neural circuits and psychological processes.
The Psychobiology of PTSD: A Decade of Progress in Understanding the Traumatized Brain
Explore the groundbreaking discoveries in PTSD psychobiology over the past decade, revealing how trauma rewires brain circuitry and alters biological systems.
The Silent Saboteur: How Diabetes Hacks Your Brain to Disrupt Movement
Discover how diabetes affects the central nervous system, impairing balance, coordination, and strength through groundbreaking research on brain and spinal cord function.
The Adolescent Brain: Unlocking the Secrets of Dopamine and Motivation
Explore the neuroscience behind adolescent brain development, dopamine's role in motivation, and how this critical period shapes behavior and self-regulation.
DomeVR: Bridging Worlds to Unlock the Secrets of the Brain
Explore how DomeVR revolutionizes neuroscience research by creating immersive virtual environments for cross-species brain studies.
The BIRN Project: Imaging the Nervous System Through Collaborative Science
Explore how the BIRN Project is revolutionizing neuroscience through collaborative data sharing, advanced imaging technologies, and federated informatics infrastructure.