Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell ...

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The race to understand the brain has just crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction. Using one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, researchers have assembled a digital mouse cortex ...

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Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

In your 50s, your brain is already shrinking. “The cortex ― outer layer of the brain ― becomes thinner, the myelin sheath ...

Your brain cycles through several stages during sleep, and REM sleep might be the most critical. This mysterious phase, where ...