A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

You probably have a general understanding of the human brain: a network of nerve cells connected by synapses. Complex or abstract ideas emerge as a result of the firing of many of these nerve cells, ...

Summary: Scientists have discovered specialized IC-encoder neurons that make the brain “see” illusions, such as squares or triangles that aren’t truly there. These neurons receive top-down ...

A study by the Center for Regenerative Therapies in Dresden suggests what every parent with children who scream all the time ...

Researchers found a powerful protein that helps strengthen the messaging system of the brain. The discovery could lead to new ...

Neurons' ability to change their behavior in response to new stimuli is what makes learning possible. And even neurons' ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

The discovery challenges decades of assumptions and points to new hope for patients with depression, Alzheimer's, and beyond Study: Psychedelic ...

Several months after contracting Covid-19, symptoms can persist in some patients. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur show ...