Stories by Helen Shen

The health promises of boosting an important metabolic molecule may be clouded by its possible role in promoting cancer-cell growth

Research could help explain why people think things are getting worse when they are actually getting better

Researchers are painting intricate pictures of individual memories and learning how the brain works in the process

A new study stirs up debate over a long-held finding, and could dim hopes for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Research indicates that techniques fail to trigger the type of brain activity thought to produce therapeutic benefits

Neuroscientists are taking cues from cryptography to translate brain activity into movements

Ditching conventional electronics and power sources, the pliable robot operates without rigid parts

Allen Brain Observatory releases an unprecedented survey of activity in the mouse visual cortex

Rigid robots step aside—a new generation of squishy, stretchy machines is wiggling our way

Researchers are still working out the nuances of how oxytocin affects the brain, with few studies definitively linking autism to problems in oxytocin signaling

The new identification of possible genetic markers for post-traumatic stress disorder supports treatment with a steroid hormone a few hours after trauma

Neurogenesis interferes with past learning in infant and adult mice

Long-term recordings of neural activity may help researchers understand the roots of depression and OCD

The brain's language centers struggle to access phonetic information

Scientists launch company to develop the therapeutic potential of gene-snipping enzymes

Lacking in central coordination, the animal's tentacles can execute complex movements

Despite political challenges, engineered primates could be better disease models than mice

Mitigating fears during sleep could help to ease anxieties felt when awake

Studying such 'mini-brains' helps researchers look into neurological diseases in living human tissue

This fairly simple metric for neural activity could guide treatment for people with brain injuries

France Anne Cordova served as president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012, and oversaw the creation of the Colombia–Purdue Institute for Scientific Research

A molecule associated with learning and memory consolidation could be key to treating alcoholism

The 10-year "BigBrain" effort has yielded a 10-trillion-byte atlas of fine-scale cerebral anatomy

Four labs can't replicate finding that showed large-scale clearance of disease-related plaques. Some hope remains for improving memory