The progression of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood, but new research may have found how the plaques that cause it ...

Dopamine is often called the brain's "motivation molecule," but for me, it represents something deeper, a window into how ...

New research reveals how tiny electrical gates in the brain, known as NMDA receptors, control learning, memory, and neuron ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Scientists have built a prototype neuromorphic computer that thinks like a human brain and is faster than AI at learning new ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form ...

A new book by one of the founders of research on neural networks covers more than 40 years of scientific work that led to the ...

Yet science has a track record of turning theoretical possibilities into reality. Just because a concept seems terribly, ...

We constantly make decisions. Some seem simple: I booked dinner at a new restaurant, but I’m hungry now. Should I grab a snack and risk losing my appetite or wait until later for a satisfying meal—in ...

Contact sport athletes showed significant brain injury in an autopsy study before signs of CTE appeared. Athletes who experienced repeated head hits had 56% fewer neurons at the depths of the cortical ...