In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a ...

Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...

Every couple of years it seems like another wave of stories emerge claiming picking your nose is a major causal factor in the ...

Trump administration’s plan to cut research grants could exact hefty cost at Utah’s flagship research institution ...

Humans have certain instinctive fear reactions to things that won’t actually harm us—we might jump at a too-loud noise or ...

While it is known that stress impacts learning and decision-making, Dr. Jennifer Resnik of the university’s Department of ...

Scientists tracked tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. Some of them became ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...