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Research Suggests an Expanded Role of the Brain’s Thalamus

Stony Brook University researchers are taking a closer look at the thalamus, showing that it may play a decisive role in abstract thinking and executive control

June 20, 2025

3 min read

Research Reveals Critical ‘Midlife Window’ for Preventing Age-Related Brain Decline

Groundbreaking research shows metabolic interventions could help prevent cognitive aging A landmark study published in PNAS has unveiled that brain aging follows a distinct yet nonlinear trajectory with critical...

March 5, 2025

5 min read

Do Signals in the Brain Control Our Taste Preferences?

Study findings reveal a specific signal in one brain region that may hold the key Researchers at Stony Brook University used genetic manipulation in a laboratory brain model to demonstrate that neurosteroids, signals...

February 10, 2025

3 min read

Neurobiology and Behavior PhD Students Place in Brain Awareness Contest

Team creates “Sun Rays and Long Days, Our Brain’s Clock” video project It all started with a spark — a mix of curiosity and a love for sharing science. A group of students, eager to make neuroscience...

January 16, 2025

3 min read

Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

August 31, 2020

2 min read

SBU Research Team Receives $3.5M Grant to Study Depression

Depression remains a leading disorder worldwide with treatments that have limited benefits for many patients — only 33 percent of individuals with depression respond to conventional treatments. A cross-disciplinary...

June 9, 2020

3 min read

Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant

The project aims at using a combination of experimental and computational approaches to study how large ensembles of neurons organize to form coherent patterns of neural activity.

May 28, 2020

2 min read

Learn about Digital Media and the Developing Brain

This conversation on March 5 at Stony Brook features leading child health experts who will discuss what we know about the impact of digital media on the developing brain.

February 27, 2020

2 min read

April 1 Mind Brain Lecture: What is Consciousness?

Scientists have long wondered what consciousness is and where it lives in the brain. Are newborns, animals and intelligent computers conscious? Does consciousness fade when patients become unresponsive after brain...

March 27, 2019

2 min read

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Research Suggests an Expanded Role of the Brain’s Thalamus

Research Reveals Critical ‘Midlife Window’ for Preventing Age-Related Brain Decline

Do Signals in the Brain Control Our Taste Preferences?

Neurobiology and Behavior PhD Students Place in Brain Awareness Contest

Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

SBU Research Team Receives $3.5M Grant to Study Depression

Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant

Learn about Digital Media and the Developing Brain

April 1 Mind Brain Lecture: What is Consciousness?

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