In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

A new study has demonstrated that the brains of people who experience migraines and other types of headaches cannot modulate ...

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Older adults with ADHD are at higher risk of age-related dementias like Alzheimer's disease, and an international team of ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...

Using direct, intracranial brain recordings in humans, a new study finds that the thalamus, a small region located deep within the brain, plays a pivotal role in conscious perception. According to the ...

Scientists in China report a rare case of brain inflammation linked to influenza, diagnosed using a F-18 FDG-PET/CT scan.

Langston Charter Middle School Principal David Wooten explains the scientific reasons for and successful outcomes of teaching ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of artificial neuron—called infomorphic neurons—that can independently learn and self-organize with nearby neurons, mimicking the decentralized learning of ...