Researchers at Indiana University have identified a single enzyme in brain neurons that, when removed, sharply reduced the ...

For decades, textbooks told students the human brain contained 100 billion neurons. That figure, repeated so often it became ...

Kevin Guttenplan, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), says astrocytes are like the “dark ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers tracked thousands of neural connections to identify 28 distinct types of dopamine neurons ...

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Inside the brain is a dense network of neurons that receive, process, and relay information. The synapse, where neurons meet, ...

Tones, oddball sounds and words can spark brain cell responses, hinting at nuanced processing without consciousness.

Our brain prepares the body for an incoming meal before we even take the first bite. The aroma of food simmering on the stove ...

Today, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences Sydney Bourtros answers a child’s question: How does the brain make and ...

In a first, a large, international team led by multiple labs at Harvard Medical School and Princeton University has published ...

To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate communication network is built of billions of neurons connected by synapses ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) sound like science fiction to most people. But this technology is getting real, quickly.