Neurobiology and Behavior

New Research Reveals a Specific Brain Circuit Implicated in OCD

The findings, published in Neuron, could lead to better targeted treatments for the mental health condition Treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental health condition characterized by distressing and...

September 29, 2026

4 min read

Swartz Mind/Brain Lecture Explores How AI Could Decode and Shape Human Vision

The annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture at Stony Brook University drew a packed audience for a discussion of the mechanics of sight and human emotion.

April 1, 2026

5 min read

Understanding the Aging Brain Through Its Genetic Roots

For Stony Brook Professor Josh Dubnau, understanding how the brain changes, and why it leads to disease, remains one of the most difficult challenges in science

March 30, 2026

4 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

April 10 Mind/Brain Lecture Focuses on Deciphering the Brain Under General Anesthesia

The 25th annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture features anesthesiologist-statistician Emery N. Brown, MD, who will discuss “Deciphering the Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain Under General Anesthesia,” on Monday...

March 21, 2023

2 min read

What We Eat Early in Life Influences Our Adult Food Preferences

A new study by Stony Brook University researchers shows that there is a strong relationship between what we eat early in life, as babies or young children, and food preferences in adults. The research, published in...

January 12, 2023

5 min read

Exploring the Science of Taste at Annual Mind/Brain Lecture, April 4

What happens when you eat chocolate cake? Intended for a general audience, Psychology Professor Donald Katz will de-mystify the complexities of the neuroscience of taste.

March 17, 2022

2 min read

Lonnie Wollmuth Receives 2021 Lupus Innovation Award

Wollmuth’s lab will develop strategies targeting the NMDA receptor, a molecule that controls communication between nerve cells to prevent or reduce brain disorders in lupus patients.

December 14, 2021

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

Tag: Neurobiology and Behavior

New Research Reveals a Specific Brain Circuit Implicated in OCD

Swartz Mind/Brain Lecture Explores How AI Could Decode and Shape Human Vision

Understanding the Aging Brain Through Its Genetic Roots

Do Signals in the Brain Control Our Taste Preferences?

Neurobiology and Behavior PhD Students Place in Brain Awareness Contest

April 10 Mind/Brain Lecture Focuses on Deciphering the Brain Under General Anesthesia

What We Eat Early in Life Influences Our Adult Food Preferences

Exploring the Science of Taste at Annual Mind/Brain Lecture, April 4

Lonnie Wollmuth Receives 2021 Lupus Innovation Award

Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant

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