Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

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

The most basic assumption about how psychedelic medicine works is at least partially flawed: Psychedelics are altering not ...

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

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

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

Artificial plastic neurons mimic brain-like activity, showing advanced signal processing and potential for breakthroughs in ...

The human brain does more than simply regulate synapses that exchange signals; individual neurons also process information through "intrinsic ...

Glucose, nutrients, and oxygen are crucial for normal brain function. Providing the brain with fuel via diet and exercise is ...

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

Stem cell transplantation can reverse stroke damage, researchers at the University of Zurich report. Its beneficial effects ...