The mice had stopped running. Their legs were still, their wheels motionless. But deep inside their brains, a small cluster of neurons was still going, firing steadily as if the workout had never ...

Understanding how the human brain stores information and later uses it to complete various tasks has been a long-standing goal of neuroscience and psychology research. Past studies have identified ...

Adjusting a specific deep-brain circuit's firing frequency immediately and dramatically alters rats' forebrain activity and alertness levels, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have ...