Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years. Researchers found plastic fragments as small as 200 nanometers, possibly ...

Research in fruit flies has identified specific groups of cholinergic brain cells that are involved in alcohol-induced insomnia. This work could ultimately lead to targeted treatments for ...

Fear is very useful for survival – but so is being able to control it. It’s wise to be scared of the unfamiliar, especially ...

In a human cell-based brain model, repetitive physical injuries reactivate the common virus, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), ...

We interview the winners of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards 2024, exploring their inspiring journeys ...

NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 5, 2025)--Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play ...

Columbia scientists have identified specialized brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating. These cells integrate ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...

Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that brain immune cells from people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) behave differently than cells from low-risk people when exposed ...

This new six-part podcast follows the lives of people with severe depression who volunteered for deep brain stimulation.

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...