Neuroscience
| 2 min read
During the pandemic, many individuals selected a handful of friends and family with whom to form social bubbles. This drastic reduction in daily social interactions led to increased cases of mental health distress, demonstrating how social isolation alters brain patterns.
Available on Demand
Pharmacogenetics guides better psychiatric drug treatments.
| 2 min read
A neural circuit responsible for the social reward response unravels the mystery of what drives human sociality.
Social interactions spark numerous biological processes that influence mental and physical health.
| 10 min read
Nature’s most lethal chemicals offer a new road to pain relief.
| 8 min read
From peptides to sugars to lipids, researchers investigate milk as an untapped source of therapeutics for conditions as diverse as anxiety and infant brain injury.
Anti-seizure medications act on different neural targets to prevent epilepsy.
| 8 min read
Seeking alternatives to pharmacological approaches, researchers apply thermal, electrical, and mechanical stimuli to change nerve signaling and treat pain.
| 5 min read
While some pediatric brain cancers have known genetic causes, many do not. Three-dimensional profiling revealed new disease mechanisms and drug targets.
| 3 min read
Researchers are harnessing the power of silk to develop a shelf- and digestive tract-stable enzyme treatment for phenylketonuria.
Scientists harnessed the prokaryotic immune system to develop a groundbreaking gene editing technology that improves human health.
