Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. Featured in the February ...

the internal processes that make and remake the brain—the birth of new neurons and death of old ones, the creation and dissipation of neural connections, and more—persist across the lifespan.

These spindle-shaped brain cells, called von Economo neurons—named for the man who first described them—are found only in human beings, great apes and a handful of other notably gregarious ...

In the developing brain, neurons must navigate through complex and often crowded tissue to reach their final ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date ...

So it seemed a no-brainer for everyone that there shouldn’t be grandmother neurons in any brain”. And yet, the no-brainer is seemingly wrong about the brain. As it turns out, grandmother ...

The limbic system comprises a group of structures ... Early life stress can induce lasting changes in brain function and behavior. Here, authors show that glutamatergic FKBP51 specifically in ...

New research shows that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits, findings that may point to a new way to treat neurogenerative disorders.