Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.

Discover the surprising link between head-shaking and concussion symptoms. Learn how this instinctive motion can indicate a ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

These devices could serve as valuable tools for biomedical research and may have potential for clinical applications in the ...

A new study tracked the brain areas that activated as people watched scenes from 'Home Alone' and other films.

The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune defense system.

Researchers at Cornell have unveiled an advanced imaging technology capable of unprecedented deep and wide-field visualization of brain activity at single-cell resolution. The innovative microscope, ...

By measuring brain cell activity between these two regions as volunteers completed ambiguous tasks, a team of Tufts ...

A new study changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons that respond to learning events and control memory recall.

By analyzing fMRI scans of people watching films, neuroscientists have created a comprehensive functional map of the brain, ...

The data the team had access to represent an average of the subjects’ brain activity, so future research could look to map ...

New research reveals that astrocytes, a type of non-neuronal brain cell, play a significant role in memory storage and recall ...