Neuroscience

Understanding a surprising effect may eventually improve human hearing

A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports. 

EEGs successfully picked out which depressed individuals got better on the drug Zoloft

A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons

Neural circuits that track our whereabouts in space and time may also play vital roles in determining how we relate to other people

Snags hinder efforts to create small cellular models of the human cortex

Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism

New research using Crocs explains “the dress”

Eight years of experiments demonstrate the bridging of large gaps in damaged nerves

The partial fruit fly “connectome” contains approximately 25,000 neurons and 20 million synapses

It may open the door to new treatments and explain why previous ones failed

Research by the neuroendocrinologist into the effects of cortisol and other hormones marked a major contribution