Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

The mini review brings together emerging evidence showing that glial cells actively influence disease progression and ...

Adding rat stem cells to a mouse embryo resulted in a ‘hybrid brain’ in which the rat cells stepped in to restore function when the mouse’s sense of smell was removed, new research has shown. It’s the ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...