Neuroscience

Nature’s everyday trickery

A new study uses brain imaging to separate those who think about and even attempt suicide from those who don’t 

Our bodies are honed to environmental light via a biological chain reaction

Reconstructions of single cells highlight how far they can reach into the brain

The neuroscience of “autonomous sensory meridian response”

Jellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.

Shutting down the top risk gene holds potential for halting the disease process 

Earlier identification and treatment could be life-saving

Complex computer modeling demonstrates that obsessive-compulsive disorder patients learn about their environments but don’t use that information to guide their actions

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.

A new study adds to findings that female children and adolescents are more susceptible to head injuries