It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to misbehave—plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau ...

A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human ...

Researchers achieve high-definition panoramic imaging of entire mouse body and map peripheral nerves at subcellular resolution ...

For over a century, neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms ...

Researchers discovered that a different part of the brain handles stringing sounds and words together into coherent sentences ...

A speedy imaging method can map the nerves running from a mouse’s brain and spinal cord to the rest of its body at micrometre-scale resolution, revealing details such as individual fibres ...

What happened Scientists Wednesday unveiled a functional 3-D map of the 84,000 neurons in a cubic millimeter of a mouse's brain, along with more than three miles of microscopic wiring — axons ...

A new study reveals how evolution fine-tunes instinctive fear responses by tweaking a key neural switch deep in the brain.

Anyone who makes a habit of losing their keys has a new excuse: you didn't forget — your memory just moved. [or something!] That's courtesy of neuroscientists at Northwestern University, who recently ...

Conductor Rand Laycock finds renewed confidence with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's, exploring innovative treatment options with a Cleveland Clinic neurologist.

Focus on solutions rather than blame Protecting your brain and your relationship Arguing with your partner literally reshapes your brain’s structure and function.