Pain pathway in a dish could aid search for new analgesic drugs
Scientists have recreated a pathway that senses pain, using clusters of human nerve cells grown in a dish.
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Why don't we remember being babies? Brain scans reveal new clues
Why can't we remember when we were babies? Scientists who scanned infants' brains found that they do make memories. The findings suggest these memories may still exist, but are inaccessible to us.
Scientists are engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed
A man living with paralysis felt his index finger for the first time in three years, thanks to technology that reconnected his brain and body.
From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny brain may show how larger ones work
The first full map of an adult fruit fly’s brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all brains work.
RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms.
'The beginning of better ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease' comes to the Triad
On Thursday, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist became the first health system in the region to treat an Alzheimer's disease patient with the new medication lecanemab, according to the Winston-Salem-based health system.
Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam previews 'Healing 2.0' and shares what's on his mind
This weekend begins a new five-part series on NPR’s Hidden Brain. The weekly podcast and radio program explores many of the unconscious patterns that drive our behavior.
How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view
A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.
In jumpy flies and fiery mice, scientists see the roots of human emotions
Scientists are trying to understand PTSD and other human disorders by studying emotion-related brain circuits in animals, which research suggests may have a lot in common with the human brain.
How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal
Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt.