Neuroscience

As children shift from counting on their fingers to remembering math facts, the hippocampus and its functional circuits support the...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have shown that electromagnetic stimulation can alter brain organisation which may make your...

Dangerous brain tumors hijack the brain’s existing blood supply throughout their progression, by growing only within narrow potential spaces between...

Researchers have strived for years to determine how neurons are produced and integrated into the brain throughout adult life. In...

A multicenter study including University of Kentucky researchers found that a new nerve repair technique yields better results and fewer...

Film editors play a critical role by helping shape raw footage into a narrative. Part of the challenge is that...

In the developing brain, special proteins that act like molecular tugboats push or pull on growing nerve cells, or neurons,...

If you ask a child which is the world's fastest animal, they may tell you anything from cheetah, falcon or...

Building upon previous research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veteran’s Affairs San Diego...

Scientists at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin...

Dozens of neuroscientists are protesting Europe's $1.6 billion attempt to recreate the functioning of the human brain on supercomputers, fearing...

Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light-sensitive proteins that...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a part of the nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, is formed...

In a new study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association June 12, 2014, researchers at Columbia...

The human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing...

Some news today about the federal BRAIN Initiative – a major research plan aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the...

University of Oregon researchers have tapped the rhythm of memories as they occur in near real time in the human...

Children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers, researchers...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering...