Adult rats that had been exposed before birth and during nursing to a mixture of chemicals found in a wide range of consumer products have a smaller medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and perform worse ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope.

Psychedelics, a class of psychoactive drugs that typically induce peculiar mental states and hallucinations, are still prohibited for recreational use in most countries worldwide. In recent years, ...

Researchers discover that stimulating the prefrontal cortex can induce wake-like behavior in anesthetized rats. Philosophers have pondered the nature of consciousness for thousands of years. In the ...