Learn more about how researchers were able to fully map a mouse brain and give us a better understanding of how or why we ...

A groundbreaking project will map the brain's hidden sixth sense. Scientists are creating an atlas of interoceptive neurons, ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend recommended or read the latest world news, your brain stores many of these ...

A new study on mice reveals how a specific brain circuit helps them learn when a perceived threat is not a real danger, ...

Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by ...

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

“Do you think all mental conditions have a physical component in the brain?” someone once asked me. “Absolutely!” I answered. Then I qualified that I didn’t believe the mind and brain are the same nor ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from ...

A new study has pinpointed how the APOE4 gene variant sabotages the brain’s energy balance, blocking neurons from burning fat ...