For years, serotonin has been linked to anxiety, but new research flips the script—higher serotonin in the cerebellum might actually reduce anxiety, not increase it. By manipulating ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the brain. This represents a potential new breakthrough in a world which has ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Convulsive therapies are an underappreciated treatment that can alleviate symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders through rapid cycles of muscle contraction ...

Lori Laird was defending a couple whose son shot 23 people at his school, while engaged in a desperate struggle with her own ...

Cannabis is gaining widespread appeal and a growing number of U.S. states are approving medical marijuana. A large study ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Heavy weed use may be far more dangerous than people realize, according to a pair of studies published in JAMA Network Open.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...