Our brain requires a constant supply of energy ... which severely impairs the function of synapses and the survival of the affected nerve cells." However, the underlying processes are only ...

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of ...

In order to follow a new behavior or retain newly introduced information, the brain's circuitry undergoes change. Such modifications are orchestrated across trillions of synapses—the connections ...

A healthy brain is the foundation of a vibrant life. This article delves into the grocery shopping habits of a neurologist ...

In our newly published research in the journal Science, we have identified some of the “rules” the brain uses to learn. The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells. These neurons conduct ...

Your brain, spinal cord, and nerves are the main parts of your nervous system. Important messages travel back and forth from your brain. They travel through your spinal cord and out to nerves that ...

In Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and type 2 diabetes, harmful protein aggregates and deposits, known as amyloid plaques, develop. There is also much evidence that these three diseases are ...

John Allman (with colleague Atiya Hakeem at Caltech examining elephant brain specimens) is searching for one of the biological keys to human behavior. Aaron Huey There was little chance of missing ...