A new study has identified a key brain hub in the medial prefrontal cortex that regulates stress responses and social ...

A digital atlas of every cell in a developing marine worm reveals how networks across the body coordinate sensing and movement, and provides insights into the evolution of the nervous system.

Researchers have developed a novel method to stimulate and mature human brain organoids using graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon.

Scientists just found the brain’s secret GPS system Researchers used neuroimaging and virtual reality to identify two brain regions that help people maintain their sense of direction while ...

Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia ...

"Just as brain regions supporting language function combine sounds, or phonemes, to form words, the brain also combines kinematic synergies to form complex, object-directed actions," said Leyla ...

Analogous to how all of the words in a language can be created by recombining the letters of its alphabet, a new study finds that the full repertoire of human hand actions can be built out of a ...

A lab-grown brain that mimics real brain function may offer breakthroughs in autism, schizophrenia, and mental health drug testing.

Research from scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on an age-old question: what makes the human brain unique?

The human brain ages less than thought and in layers—at least in the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for the sense of touch. Researchers at DZNE, the University of Magdeburg, and the ...