The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal function — challenging long-held assumptions about how the ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Across a typical lifetime, the human brain does not simply grow, peak, and decline. It passes through five sweeping ...

A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

There is new evidence that the cells responsible for communication in the brain may be structured differently in children with autism. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

In the late 1800s, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal drew hundreds of images of neurons. His exquisite work influenced our understanding of what they look like: Cells with a bulbous center ...

To start, aim for seven to nine hours of sleep and set consistent sleep and wake times. Get morning natural light — a quick ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...