Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function-sounds like science fiction ...

Could the key to enhanced endurance lie not only in building stronger muscles but also in fortifying your brain? :brain: Research has revealed that physical activity activates specific neurons in the ...

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 ...

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

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.

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people remain incredibly sharp at 100 years old, while others experience memory loss ...

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 ...

In people destined to get Alzheimer's in their mid-40s, one protein can delay the onset of the disease by about 20 years.

Researchers map the peptide behind semaglutide across 25 brain regions in each sex, finding striking differences in ...

A recent study in Translational Psychiatry shows that one dose of DMT reversed loss of pleasure and cognitive deficits in stressed mice. The psychedelic promoted new brain cell growth, highlighting ...

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

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