Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly ...

Study demonstrated that the Homer1 gene improves focus by reducing “noise” in the prefrontal cortex, with implications for studying attention disorders.

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

Although scientists now know a lot more about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than they did in recent years, ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...

Attention depends on the brain’s ability to filter out distractions, but new research suggests this works best when ...

Working in a mouse model, UC Davis researchers are able to distinguish brain cells activated by a psychedelic drug. This image shows the prefrontal cortex of a mouse injected with scFLARE2 (purple) ...

Depression is a debilitating mental health disorder that remains a substantial global health challenge. Despite the availability of various antidepressants, treatment outcomes often face limited ...

Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help explain depressive ...