Neuroscience

Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male researchers

Software lets scientists explore the brain in 3-D and perform “virtual dissections”

A gargantuan annual neuroscience assemblage in Washington, D.C., draws tens of thousands to relate what they’ve learned about sleep, stress, depression—no fake facts allowed 

The billionaire philanthropist’s contribution will be followed by another $50 million in start-up ventures

Unusual gait, clumsiness and other motor difficulties are not just limited to kids with the disorder

With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The main way the disease works is to disrupt communication between neurons, the specialized cells that process and transmit electrical and chemical signals between regions of the brain

The science shows that they have nothing to do with each other and never have

There are many concerns about the appropriate use of neuroscience in a criminal justice setting

The NASA-funded work compares MRIs before and after trips

We know it’s important to physical and mental health, but exactly how it works, and how to optimize it, are only beginning to be understood

Zapping the brain with magnetic pulses while measuring its electrical activity is proving to be a reliable way to detect consciousness