Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to ...

Our newly published research reveals that the new neurons that form in adults' brains are linked to how you learn from listening to other people. Researchers know that new neurons contribute to ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Adult neurogenesis, already appreciated for its role in learning and memory, also participates in mental health and possibly even attention, new research suggests. Ashley started at The Scientist in ...

Many behaviors are affected by rewards, undergoing long-term changes when rewards are different than predicted but remaining unchanged when rewards occur exactly as predicted. The discrepancy ...

A breakthrough study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of ...

While most fish reproduce by laying eggs, some species are live-bearing, or viviparous, and carry their offspring internally.