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.
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...
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.
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.
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...