Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

For more than a century, the story of the brain has been told as a tale of neurons, with every thought and memory traced to their electrical chatter. That narrative is now being rewritten as evidence ...

Recent analysis of human brain tissue suggests that a small and often overlooked region deep within the brain may play a central role in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that neurons in the ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT and various other online platforms, has grown exponentially over the past few years. Current ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

This is the mind’s game behind polarization in humans: our opinions are often less about truth and more about identity.

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain.

The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the ...

Researchers at the Jülich Research Centre in Germany are working on a simulation at the scale of the entire human brain.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...