Neural Circuits

Neural Circuits

A silhouette of a monkey with brainwave patterns is shown beside a stylized computer, divided by a vertical line on a blue and gray background.
Researchers built a model that behaves like a brain. Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.
Digital composite image contrasting social interaction with neuralink technology and data analysis.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
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New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
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Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it's an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
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The scientists are headed "straight to the FDA" to begin human trials.