Five decades ago, seminal studies positioned the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC)
norepinephrine (NE) system as a key substrate for the regulation of wakefulness and sleep …

Resilience in the face of major life stressors is changeable over time and with experience.
Accordingly, differing sets of neurobiological factors may contribute to an adaptive stress …

Pupil size is a widely used metric of brain state. It is one of the few signals originating from
the brain that can be readily monitored with low-cost devices in basic science, clinical, and …

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been proposed to activate
the locus ceruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NA) system. However, previous studies failed to find …

Stress resilience is the phenomenon that some people maintain their mental health despite
exposure to adversity or show only temporary impairments followed by quick recovery …

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed extreme living conditions of social distancing, which
triggered negative mental health problems and created challenges in seeking mental health …

For the reliable determination of trace chemicals in the brain, we created a SERS platform
based on a functionalized AuNPs array formed at a liquid/liquid interface in a uniform …

Neural dynamics are shaped and constrained by the projections of a small nucleus in the
pons: the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC). Much like a bow to the brain's violin, activity in …

People regularly encounter various types of conflict. Here, we ask if, and, if so, how, different
types of conflict, from lab-based Stroop conflicts to everyday-life self-control or moral …

Despite the huge and constant progress in the molecular and cellular neuroscience fields,
our capability to understand brain alterations and treat mental illness is still limited …