Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

One gene was turned on with one switch at the front of the brain and with another at the back. “There are remarkable regional differences,” says study co-author Wei Tian, a computational ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives.

A team of neuroscientists and engineers, aided by machine learning tools, have charted a cubic millimeter volume of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, tracing every neuron, synapse, blood ...

This video lets you peek inside the human brain, highlighting the neuronal fibers that enable communication across the brain. This communication is vital to all brain functions, including learning, ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered a surprising truth about the speed of human thought: our brains process ideas at a rate of just 10 bits per second.

A neurosurgeon exposes the brain during surgery on May 25, 2020, in Cremona, Italy. Photo by Marco Mantovani/Getty Images. Schwartz was just getting started, moving next to the technical ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...