Brain and behaviour

• Europe gets centre of excellence for neuroscience

  University College London will play host to �140-million institute.

  19 August 2008

• Neuroscience: Standard model - Premium content

  Questions raised about the use of 'ALS mice' are prompting a broad reappraisal of the way that drugs are tested in animal models of neurodegenerative disease. Jim Schnabel reports.

  6 August 2008

• The sounds of silent movies - Premium content

  Flickering images can trigger perception of sound.

  5 August 2008

• Brain electrodes tackle severe depression - Premium content

  Trial shows success for #24;deep brain stimulation#25; technique.

  23 July 2008

• Spinal cord revealed in free gene map - Premium content

  Allen Institute for Brain Science releases first data set.

  23 July 2008

• Virtual drug den to aid addiction research - Premium content

  'Meth-Apartment' can help induce cravings to test therapies.

  18 July 2008

• Sleep loss produces false memories - Premium content

  But caffeine helps to boost accurate recall

  14 July 2008

• Autism study panned by critics - Premium content

  Plan to use chelating agents on children comes under fire.

  14 July 2008

• Psychiatric genetics: The brains of the family - Premium content

  Does the difficulty in finding the genes responsible for mental illness reflect the complexity of the genetics or the poor definitions of psychiatric disorders? Alison Abbott reports.

  9 July 2008

• Benefits of 'magic mushroom' therapy long lasting - Premium content

  Patients given psilocybin report continued well-being a year later.

  3 July 2008