New research reveals that individual neurons follow multiple learning rules simultaneously, challenging the long-held belief that synaptic plasticity operates uniformly throughout the brain.

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

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A new study has identified the protein hnRNP A1 as a key player in the production and maintenance of myelin, the fatty sheath ...

I genuinely believed that once my frontal cortex fully developed at 25 (nearly two years ago now), all stress would magically ...

Orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus reinstate representations of causal choices to associate with delayed outcomes, and the frontal pole supports this credit assignment process by maintaining pending ...

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In a clinical trial of 3 intermittent theta-burst stimulation sessions daily proved safe and effective for treatment resistant depression.

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A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

Compared to other animal species, humans can plan and execute highly sophisticated motor tasks, including the ability to ...