The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...
To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help. Researchers have learned an enormous amount about how we think, what drives our behaviors, and why we feel the way we do ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic ...
Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...
A new study suggests that the brain processes information with high efficiency by synchronizing the physical wiring of neural ...
An estimated 86 billion neurons in the average human brain govern our body’s functions and conjure — somehow — the human mind. C. elegans has 302 neurons in one sex and a few more in the other.
A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.
Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...