Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, working with collaborators at Imperial College London and partners in Europe and the United States, have uncovered new insights into how an additional copy of ...

New research finds that sleep is essential for protecting brain mitochondria by transferring toxic metabolic waste from neurons to glial cells for disposal.

Study argues to move beyond ‘reading genes’ — focus on conserved neural-development networks in humans to improve early screening and identify therapeutic leads.

No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is highlighted in colour. With ...

Through the lifespan, clinical evidence has shown high comorbidity of vestibular dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms. Vestibular lesions have been related to cognitive difficulties, particularly in ...

A new Chinese research institute is exploring the impact on cognition of voyages into outer space and the deep ocean, and is also seeking global researchers to join its ranks. Extended space flight ...

Not all animals have brains, and all of them happen to be sea creatures. From the man-o-war to the sea cucumber, here are 12 animals that don’t have a brain and a quick look at how the heck they ...