Such algorithms, called convolutional neural networks, start by detecting edges and simple shapes in a picture, and then move through layers of artificial neurons to identify larger shapes or patterns ...

Neurons that perform certain tasks in the visual cortex of the mouse brain reach out and link up with each other, whether they’re adjacent or layers apart. Because of the size of this dataset ...

A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions. Credit...Yuko Shimizu Supported by By Rachel E. Gross ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate. Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a ...

“The meninges are the cloth-like covering of the brain that are normally composed of three layers. Outside to inside, these are the dura, arachnoid, and the pia,” says Komisarow. Dura mater is ...

Similarly, cells that imitate neuron progenitor cells were found in the parts of the tumor that penetrated healthy brain tissue, just as progenitor cells in healthy tissue migrate when the tissue is ...

Although it’s not entirely clear what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), neuroimaging studies suggest that people with the condition have distinct differences in their brain structure ...

Scientists harnessed a new method to precisely measure the amount of information the brain can store, and it could help advance our understanding of learning. When you purchase through links on ...

Doctors implant these kinds of devices on the surface of the brain or deep with in it. Neuralink’s equipment is about the size of a coin; Synchron’s is a small stent-like device that goes into ...

In a Facebook post on Friday, 70-year-old singer Michael Bolton wrote that he was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and will be recuperating for now. “Just before the holidays, it was ...

In the year 1899, a Spanish physician named Santiago Ramón y Cajal published a book titled “Comparative Study of the Sensory Areas of the Human Cortex.” In it, he makes some of the first ...