Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

In a recent study, Haijiang Cai, an associate professor in the University of Arizona Department of Neuroscience, and his colleagues were able to map a circuit that gives us better insight into the ...

The brain, much like muscles, strengthens through challenge and rest. Neuroplasticity allows adult brains to form new ...

In the 1970s and ‘80s, scientists began noticing that people who had few or poor social relationships had a higher risk of developing illnesses and all-cause mortality. 1,2 A slew of follow-up studies ...