A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits. New research shows that during extreme ...

Chinese and French scientists have created a comprehensive blueprint of the crab-eating macaque's claustrum, advancing ...

From a cubic millimeter of brain tissue, scientists have constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, ...

Findings could help illuminate role of brain region in cognitive functions, such as memory integration and abstract thinking: ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 ...

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...

A new study published in npj Metabolic Health and Disease suggests that eating more ultra-processed foods may not only ...

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

High intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to adverse metabolic health and microstructural brain changes in regions that ...