Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

“The human brain is another factor of 1,500 or so larger ... “If you have a broken radio and you have the circuit diagram, you’ll be in a better position to fix it,” da Costa said in ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of ...

Join us as we explore the evolution of the human brain, diving into our 'caveman' instincts and the fascinating psychology that links us to our ancient ancestors.

Importantly, matching up all that anatomy with the activity in the ... help scientists eventually find treatments for brain diseases? The researchers call it a foundational step, like how the Human ...

A recent study revealed that the average human brain may contain the equivalent of a whopping five plastic bottle caps' worth of microplastics. The New York Times took a deeper dive into the topic on ...

In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in ...

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered into a 3D atlas that creates new possibilities for neuroscience.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from The Matrix, scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date, a ...

WASHINGTON - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map ... an achievement that could offer insight into how the human brain works. They worked out the cerebral ...

Importantly, matching up all that anatomy with the ... eventually find treatments for brain diseases? The researchers call it a foundational step, like how the Human Genome Project that provided ...