University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University of Plymouth has found that targeted ultrasound can be used to change the function of a deep region of the human brain

People given the herpes medication valacyclovir actually experienced worse cognitive decline than those given a placebo.

Researchers have created a detailed model of perinatal brain growth, revealing how white and gray matter trajectories shift during gestation. The study also identifies early sex-based differences in brain structure.

Researchers found a rare, strictly binary brain feature in mice that is permanently active in females but completely dormant in adult virgin males, only turning on after males mate. (

The lysosomal cation channel TMEM175 plays a key role in luminal pH homeostasis and
lysosome function, with aberrant activity linked to Parkinson’s...

A recent brain imaging experiment reveals that watching fragmented short videos leads to measurably worse memory recall compared to viewing continuous content. The fast-paced format reduces brain activity in regions dedicated to focusing attention and processing…

Consciousness may arise from the body and time perception, not just the brain, according to new scientific research.

Researchers linked neural activity to how blind individuals determine the location of objects by integrating echoes from mouth clicks into a representation of their surroundings.

Nature - Detailed maps of smell receptors in the nose overturn textbook models of olfactory receptor organization in mice.

A large-scale brain imaging study of over 800 incarcerated men reveals that highly psychopathic individuals possess an expanded cortical surface area and a compressed physical brain organization, offering new clues into the biology of empathy and antisocial…

The discovery could help explain why women are more likely to develop PTSD and may shape future treatments.

Previous brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and compared the resultant BWAS maps with each other and with ...

Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute have helped uncover a new clue about how the skin detects harmless warmth and cool, and the finding may change how scientists think about temperature sensation.

Why we do (or don't) stay on task.

His uniqueness may lie in how his autobiographical memories are accessed.

A new study in healthy mice reveals that the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide alters behavior and brain activity related to reward and stress, shifting how animals pursue natural rewards and react to stressful situations.

A new AI tool that analyzes MRI scans in fine detail reveals that the human brain does not age evenly. Some regions appear to age faster than others, with these differences becoming more pronounced in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

Ever catch someone looking your way and wonder what they're thinking? For people with social anxiety, that moment may trigger a heightened response in the brain, even though it does not improve their later judgments about what the gaze means.