Rather than act as a simple switchboard for innate behaviors, the hypothalamus encodes an animal's internal state, which influences behavior.

Since debunking an urban legend that headbutting animals don't damage their brain, Nicole Ackermans has been investigating how the behavior correlates with neurodegeneration.

A competition to design small, efficient neural models might provide new insight into real brains-and perhaps unite disparate modeling efforts.

Kampff's do-it-yourself approach inspired a generation of neuroscientists.

The atlas also offers up molecular and cellular targets for new pain therapies.

Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential-and may be all neuroscience needs.

Simple behavioral assays-originally validated as drug-screening tools-fall short in studies that aim to unpack the psychedelic mechanism of action, so some behavioral neuroscientists are developing more nuanced tasks.

The comprehensive resource details data on microcephaly, polymicrogyria, epilepsy and intellectual disability from 352 people.

These guidelines can help researchers ensure the integrity of their work while accelerating progress on important scientific questions.

A growing list of medications-such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines-exist because of insights from basic research.