A new "atlas" developed by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

A Series in The Lancet Neurology provides state-of-the-art reviews covering clinical and scientific evidence on the four most common genetic subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), caused by ...

The results, published this week in Nature magazine by an international team of 123 researchers, help deepen people's understanding of human evolution and protect endangered ape populations.

Two of the goals of that program are to generate a detailed wiring diagram for the complete mouse brain, and to map long-distance connections between different areas of the human brain.

She was soon vomiting up to 16 times a day and, following blood tests and an MRI, Ellie was diagnosed with a bleed on her brain caused by a cavernoma. It can cause seizures, headaches, and other ...

an achievement that could offer insight into how the human brain works. They worked out the cerebral architecture in a tissue sample the size of a grain of sand bearing more than 200,000 cells ...

Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. Hosted by Tracy Mumford Produced by Will Jarvis and Ian Stewart Edited by ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our ...

Brain-computer interfaces are typically unwieldy, which makes using them on the move a non-starter. A new neural interface small enough to be attached between the user’s hair follicles keeps working ...

11. Neuroscientists inched closer last week to developing a commercial device that can instantly translate brain activity into speech for people with severe paralysis. A team of researchers from ...

Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. NO₂ mainly enters the atmosphere through fuel ...