The strength of certain neural connections can predict how well someone can learn math, and mildly electrically stimulating ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

A controversial theory suggests that brain microtubules could contain quantum phenomena, linking your consciousness to the ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

Now, she and HMS collaborators have filled in a piece of the puzzle by providing the first look at the types of neurons in the brain that connect to gliomas. Findings are reported Dec. 4 in ...

A human neuron can extend from one side of the brain to the other, or between the brain and spinal cord. A giraffe or whale neuron can be larger still. 3D rendering of the 75k neurons in the fly ...

The human brain is an amazing organ. It controls memory and learning, the senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch), and emotion. It also controls other parts of the body, including muscles ...