As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right ...

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house ...

Researchers mapped 84,000 neurons in a mouse brain after it watched video clips. The 3D map links structure and activity.

“Just looking at these neurons shows you their detail and scale in a way that makes you appreciate the brain with a sense of awe in the way that when you look up, you know, say, at a picture of ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

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In the developing brain, neurons must travel through crowded and complex environments to reach their final destinations. This migration process is essential for establishing functional brain ...

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 ...