In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

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

Parkinson’s disease steals ease and movement by striking a narrow band of midbrain neurons. If you study or cover ...

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that anxiety may be controlled not by neurons but by two dueling groups of ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help explain how blood vessels in the brain expand and contract together.

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, researchers have been able to identify a key characteristic in affected brains: ...

Understanding how the brain learns and applies rules is the key to unraveling the neural basis of flexible behavior. A new ...

A new study on laboratory rats has found that the brain’s ability to learn from rewards is enhanced by the hormone estrogen.