A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have characterized how cellular senescence—a biological process in which aging cells change how they function—is associated with human brain ...

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

This may sound crazy, but scientists use blood to build soft neural interfaces in the brain, and then control them with light ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Endurance exercise such as long-distance running benefits the brain, with studies showing that it can improve cognition and reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disease. 2 It also places significant ...