A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Mount Sinai and BPGbio scientists uncover novel molecular drivers from live brain samples that direct human brain structure ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval zebrafish display remarkably precise spatial navigation. Even in small ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

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 ...

ATLAS Simulation and ATLAS Surgeon enable neurosurgeons to rehearse complex brain procedures using ultra-realistic, ...