Two scientists swelled a sample of brain tissue to reveal its tangled wiring, and this incredible photograph is the result.

Human cells hold about two meters (6.6 feet) of DNA, folded and compacted to fit inside a nucleus. That packing is essential ...

A tiny region deep within the brain has surprised scientists by revealing a remarkably sophisticated communication system.

(Eugene Mymrin/Moment RF/Getty Images) It's well known that alcohol has profound consequences on the way the brain works, and ...

A new study traced the forebrain and hindbrain to separate evolutionary lineages, then researchers used that discovery to ...

Credit: Allen Institute Scientists exploring the brain’s “blue place” discovered the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel ...

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum have partnered with colleagues in Göttingen, Berlin, Paris and Essen to develop new optogenetic tools that can selectively inhibit cellular activity through ...

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...

Motor neurons control the muscles and are therefore the only means through which the brain can move the body and interact with the world. The finding that motor neurons move a fly’s body differently ...

Research using a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease has revealed that "gamma oscillations," brain waves that play an ...

How many manuscript generations does Workers AI's "10,000 free neurons per day" actually equate to? As long as it remains in ...