Deep inside the brain, every thought and memory begins with a burst of electrical activity. For years, scientists have tried ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Scientists have discovered how stress can lead to serious mental health problems. To better understand the function of type I ...

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.

Researchers have discovered a brain activity pattern that can predict which people with mild cognitive impairment are likely ...

A new study from the University of Haifa suggests that disorders as different as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and autism may ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

Using participant skin cells reprogrammed into neurons, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified genetic signatures ...

Brain tumors have long been treated as rogue invaders: growing, spreading, and resisting treatment on their own. But new ...