Mapping the brain is one of the biggest challenges in modern science. Researchers are trying to understand how billions of ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

An Indian-origin professor at Harvard University is using a smart, AI-powered system called SmartEM to help scientists map ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

Your brain keeps time on multiple scales. New research reveals that synchronizing these internal clocks with the brain’s physical structure is crucial for efficient thought and cognitive flexibility.

Tulane University researchers created a first-of-its-kind subcellular map of an area of the brain commonly affected by Alzheimer’s disease, a key step toward unraveling the mysteries of how the ...

Neurons grown from stem cells in the lab form an interconnected network. In this study, researchers used CRISPR to switch off genes in stem cells and then followed how successfully the cells developed ...

After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers on Wednesday published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain, revealing the exquisite structures and ...

Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are making several time-consuming aspects of ...