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

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

A new study has discovered a direct link between the number of milliseconds it takes a child’s brain to process the form of a ...

A team at Carnegie Mellon University is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural ...

Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical ...

New experiences physically change brain neurons, creating permanent pathways that enhance memory and can slow the perception ...

"These RNAs seem to act like postal codes for gene repression," said Dr. Anuj K. Verma, lead author of the study. "They help direct the polycomb complex to precise chromatin neighborhoods where stress ...

Dancing, sketching, or even playing chess online does more than lift your mood; creative activities may actually help rejuvenate your brain.

As information zings from cell to cell inside the brain, bursts of electricity spur its transmission. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), scientists have turned their attention to the tiny pores ...

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Researchers at the ...