Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

When doctors review brain scans, each detail of the picture—each pixel or voxel—must be painstakingly labeled. The cerebral cortex, hippocampus, ventricles, and other structures all need to be marked ...

The cerebellum (which is Latin for ‘little brain’) is the area of the brain in charge of fine motor coordination and balance, and it keeps our movements smooth and stable by predicting what our next ...

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

New research reveals that even a small loss of myelin—the protective coating around neurons—can severely disrupt how the brain sends and interprets sensory information.

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A collaborative study sheds light on how cannabis use affects brain development in young people, the main one being atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex. Cannabis use may lead to thinning ...