A recent study published in Nature has found that the "superagers" among us brains cognitive ability declines differently than their similarly aged peers ...

Two companion studies, published in Cell Genomics, reveal how brain development lays the foundation for both shared and sex-specific circuits, redefining how neural diversity arises.

Researchers challenge the long-standing "neural independence" theory, showing that learning actually makes neurons more coordinated.

In a sweeping new map of the adult Drosophila melanogaster brain, researchers at the University of Oxford found that mature neurons still carry a molecular record of where they came from and when they ...

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

Scientists offer new insight into how the body detects light touch and how disruptions in that process may contribute to sensory disorders.

Published in The Lancet Neurology, a new review from the University of Colorado Anschutz in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, offers the latest scientific explanations for why ...

Published today in The Lancet Neurology, a new review from the University of Colorado Anschutz in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, offers the latest scientific explanations for why ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes—star-shaped support cells traditionally viewed as passive partners of neurons—play a ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

(Argument/iStock/Getty Images Plus) In an eerie new study, scientists have analyzed the brain activity of mice and used it to reconstruct videos of what the mice had seen. The team, led by researchers ...