The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

Norman Doidge, citing a study by Merzenich and colleagues, found that the brain allocates neurological resources to its most ...

Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

A small population of nerve cells appears to be responsible for blood flow and neural activity across the entire brain, ...

How the brain gets wired up matters. Consider the neurons involved in the sense of smell. Hook them up wrong, and suddenly ...

Most people know which foods to avoid for a healthy heart. Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they ...

Louis-Jan Pilaz carves out the morphology of cells in the brain. This sculpture titled, “ Cajal’s Purkinje Neuron ” took him ...

FDA approves first human trial for Paradromics' brain-computer interface that could restore speech for paralyzed patients ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

Phase one –the “childhood phase” — lasts until age nine, per the study. During this window, the brain’s wealth of synapses – ...

“Do you think all mental conditions have a physical component in the brain?” someone once asked me. “Absolutely!” I answered. Then I qualified that I didn’t believe the mind and brain are the same nor ...