The Neuroscience ReviewReal brain research, made readable.https://theneuroreview.com/2026-07-01T00:00:00ZCameron HuntertonScientists found an aggression switch in the mouse brainhttps://theneuroreview.com/posts/aggression-switch-in-the-brain.html2026-07-01T00:00:00ZA 2011 study switched on a pinhead of neurons in the mouse hypothalamus and a calm male attacked almost anything. Here is how aggression got a physical address in the brain.Why do you need to sleep?https://theneuroreview.com/posts/why-we-sleep.html2026-06-24T00:00:00ZYou spend a third of your life unconscious and you cannot skip it. For something that costly, sleep must be doing real work. Here is what the research says it is for.Why can't most drugs reach your brain?https://theneuroreview.com/posts/the-blood-brain-barrier.html2026-06-17T00:00:00ZYou can swallow a pill and it reaches your whole body, but most drugs never reach your brain. The blood-brain barrier is why, and it is the hardest problem in brain medicine.What does an fMRI actually measure?https://theneuroreview.com/posts/what-fmri-measures.html2026-06-10T00:00:00ZWhen a headline says a brain region lit up, what was measured? Not thoughts, and not even electricity. Blood, indirectly, and a few seconds late.How does memory actually work?https://theneuroreview.com/posts/how-memory-works.html2026-06-09T00:00:00ZA memory is not a recording filed away in a drawer. It is a physical change in your neurons, rebuilt every time you remember.What is a neuron, really?https://theneuroreview.com/posts/what-is-a-neuron.html2026-06-01T00:00:00ZA neuron isn't just "a brain cell that sends signals." Here's what one actually is, built up from scratch.Dopamine doesn't do what you think it does.https://theneuroreview.com/posts/dopamine-doesnt-do-what-you-think.html2026-06-01T00:00:00ZDopamine isn't really the "pleasure chemical." It's something stranger, and the popular misuse of the word has consequences.