Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be ...

Cells in the brain's immune system can act as "accelerators" and "brakes" for anxiety, opening the door to new treatments for ...

SEATTLE, WASH. — From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a ...

Anxiety can feel like a storm that starts deep inside the skull. For years, neuroscientists have known that the amygdala — an ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl-like shape.

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature ...

A new treatment for one type of Parkinson's disease may be on the horizon after researchers discovered a "brake" that can halt cell death. The study, led by researchers from Stanford University, ...

In laboratories, some are cultivating human brain cells to transform them into biological circuits for supercomputers—a ...

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's ...