The placebo effect has long been dismissed as purely psychological, regarded as a mental trick with no real biological basis.

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the ...

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

Deep within the brain, scientists have uncovered a hidden “switch” that may decide whether pain fades away—or lingers for ...

North Texas researchers identify gene changes in brain reward circuits that may point to new treatments for those struggling ...

Placebo effects, in which patients experience relief without therapeutic treatment, increasingly have been considered as ...

Scientists used a tool called SynTrogo to edit brain circuits in mice, showing that trimming select synapses can make ...

Using sensors and a light-activated drug, the team mapped neural pathways used by endogenous opioids to send pain relief ...

Scientists from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have uncovered how different brain regions work together to enable self-control—the ability to ...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a specific brain circuit that may help explain the ...

How does the brain learn from mistakes? A new Duke study reveals a hidden circuit that helps control the learning process.