Neuroscientist Studying Monkeys in Ecuador Finds His Field Site Under Threat
Yasuní National Park in Ecuador, which is one of the most biodiverse places on this planet, has been opened up for oil exploration.
Yasuní National Park in Ecuador, which is one of the most biodiverse places on this planet, has been opened up for oil exploration.
Social isolation during a key period of adolescence increases vulnerability to addiction as well as the difficulty of extinguishing it.
Fly larvae fed on alcohol-spiked food for a period of days grow dependent on those spirits for learning.
Alison Preston, of the Center for Learning and Memory, shows that when humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge.
Researchers have received a $3.3 million to develop medication to treat alcoholism and drug addiction that could target individual genes or brain signaling systems.
An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
Rick Aldrich one of two University of Texas at Austin faculty members elected fellows.
Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.
Neurobiologist chosen for broad range of techniques he has brought to bear on fundamental questions of visual processing and decision making.
People are more likely to remember specific information such as faces or words if the pattern of activity in their brain is similar each time they study that information, according to new research from a neurobiologist.